Film thickness in grease lubricated slow rotating rolling bearings

Tribology International

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-19

  Morales Espejel, G E ^a,b   Lugt, P M ^a,c   Pasaribu, H R ^a   Cen, H ^c  

^a SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grease lubrication; Large size bearings; Rolling bearings; Slow rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894614285     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2014.01.023     Document Type: Article

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