A review on grease lubrication in rolling bearings

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-480

  Lugt, Piet M ^a  

^a SKF Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EHL with greases; General; Grease application; Greases; Lubricant degradation; Rolling element bearings; Starvation in EHL

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FILM BREAKDOWN; FILM FORMATIONS; FILM REDUCTION; GREASE APPLICATION; GREASE FLOW; GREASE LUBRICATION; HEAT DEVELOPMENT; LUBRICANT DEGRADATION; LUBRICATION PERFORMANCE; LUBRICATION PROCESS; NONLINEAR RHEOLOGY; ROLLING BEARINGS; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING; SELF-HEALING PROPERTIES;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DEGRADATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

LUBRICATING GREASES;

EID: 77951892898     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000802687940     Document Type: Review

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