Feasibility of using full synthetic low viscosity engine oil at high ambient temperatures in military vehicles

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 773-785

  Brandt, Adam ^a   Frame, Edwin ^a   Hansen, Greg ^a   Warden, Robert ^a   Yost, Douglas ^a   Comfort, Allen ^b   Villahermosa, Luis ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b US Army RDECOM TARDEC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CRANKCASE LUBRICANT; DETROIT; ENGINE OIL; ENGINE TESTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITION; HIGH-DENSITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURES; LOW VISCOSITY; MILITARY ENGINES; TESTING CYCLES; TESTING PROCEDURE; US ARMY;

ARCTIC VEHICLES; DIESEL ENGINES; LANDFORMS; LUBRICANTS; MILITARY VEHICLES; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

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EID: 79959514862     PISSN: 19463952     EISSN: 19463960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-2176     Document Type: Article

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