Lubricant replenishment in rolling bearing contacts

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-651

  Gershuni, Leonid ^a   Larson, Mats G ^a   Lugt, Piet M ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cylindrical Roller Bearing (CRB); Film Geometry; Film Thickness; Lubricant Rheology; Starvation; Surface Tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953947287     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000802192529     Document Type: Article

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