A model for the reflection of shear ultrasonic waves at a thin liquid film and its application to viscometry in a journal bearing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 230, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 667-679

  Schirru, Michele M ^a   Dwyer Joyce, Rob S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maxwell model; non Newtonian; Ultrasonic viscometry; ultrasound; viscosity measurement

Indexed keywords

LIQUID FILMS; LUBRICATING OILS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID LUBRICANTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

APPARENT VISCOSITY; LUBRICATED CONTACTS; MAXWELL MODELS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; NON-NEWTONIAN; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; VIS-COELASTIC FLUIDS;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 84968779661     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: 2041305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350650115610357     Document Type: Article

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