Review of the lubrication, sealing, and pumping mechanisms in oil- and grease-lubricated radial lip seals

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-358

  Baart, P ^a   Lugt, P M ^b   Prakash, B ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grease lubrication; Non Newtonian; Pumping; Radial lip seal; Sealing

Indexed keywords

GREASE LUBRICATION; NON-NEWTONIAN; PUMPING; RADIAL LIP SEAL; SEALING;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; MINING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PUMPS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SEALS;

EID: 70349694164     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET473     Document Type: Article

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