Analysis of the journal bearing friction losses in a heavy-duty diesel engine

Lubricants

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-154

  Knauder, Christoph ^a   Allmaier, Hannes ^a   Sander, David Emanuel ^a   Salhofer, Stefan ^a   Reich, Franz Markus ^a   Sams, Theodor ^b,c  

^a VIRTUAL VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTER   (Austria)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Friction; Journal bearing; Measurement; Simulation; Test rig

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957956881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/lubricants3020142     Document Type: Article

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