Power losses at low speed in a gearbox lubricated with wind turbine gear oils with special focus on churning losses

Tribology International

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-197

  Marques, Pedro M T ^b   Fernandes, Carlos M C G ^b   Martins, Ramiro C ^b   Seabra, Jorge H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gear churning loss; Gearbox efficiency; Oil sump lubrication; Wind turbine gear oils

Indexed keywords

BACK-TO-BACK TESTS; CALIBRATION METHOD; CHURNING LOSS; FLUID CIRCULATION; GEAR OIL; LUBRICANT FLOW; POWER LOSS MODELS; SUMP LUBRICATION;

LUBRICATION; WIND TURBINES;

LUBRICATING OILS;

EID: 84875410935     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2013.02.026     Document Type: Article

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