Long-term lubrication of momentum wheels used in spacecrafts-An overview

Tribology International

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Sathyan, K ^a   Hsu, H Y ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Gopinath, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

EHL; Lubrication; Momentum wheels; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LONG-TERM OPERATION; LUBRICATION SYSTEM; MOMENTUM WHEELS; NEW SYSTEM; ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; MOMENTUM; TRIBOLOGY; WHEELS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 74349108760     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2009.05.033     Document Type: Article

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