Free-surface grease flow: Influence of surface roughness and temperature

Tribology Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Centrifugal force; Free surface; Grease flow; Herschel Bulkley rheology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CENTRIFUGATION; ELASTICITY; LUBRICATING GREASES; ROLLER BEARINGS; SHEAR FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; GREASE FLOW; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY; MODEL PROBLEMS; OIL SEPARATION; ROLLING BEARINGS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84930656362     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-015-0537-y     Document Type: Article

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