Free-surface grease flow on a rotating plate

Tribology Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-325

  Westerberg, Lars G ^a   Li, Jinxia ^a   Höglund, Erik ^a   Lugt, Piet M ^b   Baart, Pieter ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Experimental validation; Free surface; Grease flow; Herschel Bulkley rheology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANGULAR VELOCITY; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXPERIMENTS; LUBRICATION; ROLLER BEARINGS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

DEPTH-AVERAGED VELOCITIES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FREE SURFACES; GREASE FLOW; HERSCHEL; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; YIELD STRESS VALUE;

LUBRICATING GREASES;

EID: 84925532980     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-014-0411-3     Document Type: Article

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