Non-Newtonian effects on film formation in Grease-Lubricated radial lip seals

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-318

  Baart, Pieter ^a,b   Lugt, Piet M ^b   Prakash, Braham ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grease; Lip Seals; Lubrication; Non Newtonian Behavior; Normal Stress

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PRESSURES; FILM FORMATIONS; FIRST NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; GREASE; LIFT FORCE; LIP MODEL; LIP SEALS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITIES; LUBRICANT PROPERTIES; MODEL RESULTS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NORMAL STRESS; OIL SEALS; OIL VISCOSITY; OPERATING CONDITION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT; SEAL DESIGN; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR RHEOLOGY; SMALL GAPS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTICITY; LUBRICATING GREASES; LUBRICATION; MINING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

SEALS;

EID: 77951195083     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000903283292     Document Type: Article

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