Profiling a Ball Bearing Oil Film with Ultrasonic Reflection

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-421

  Wan Ibrahim, M K ^a   Gasni, D ^a   Dwyer Joyce, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ball Bearing; Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication; Film Thickness Measurement; Oil Film Thickness; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FILM THICKNESS; DATA STORAGE; DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING; FILM THICKNESS PROFILE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INCIDENT PULSE; LAYER THICKNESS; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MOVING CONTACT; OIL FILM THICKNESS; OIL FILMS; ROLLING BEARINGS; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS; THIN OIL LAYER; ULTRASONIC IMMERSION; ULTRASONIC PULSE; WATER BATHS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM THICKNESS; LUBRICATING OILS; SPHERES; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONICS;

BALL BEARINGS;

EID: 84863529577     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2012.664836     Document Type: Article

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