Oil-bleeding model for lubricating grease based on viscous flow through a porous microstructure

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-348

  Baart, Pieter ^a,b   Vorst, Bas Van Der ^b   Lugt, Piet M ^b   Van Ostayen, Ron A J ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air Bearings; Dynamic Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LUBRICATING GREASES; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; ROLLER BEARINGS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC MICROSTRUCTURES; GREASE LUBRICATION; LITHIUM COMPLEX GREASE; OIL BLEED; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING; ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARINGS; STRUCTURE DEFORMATION;

LUBRICATION;

EID: 85006056579     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000903283326     Document Type: Article

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