Shear rates in engines and implications for lubricant design

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

Volumn 231, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1106-1116

  Taylor, R I ^a   De Kraker, B R ^a   Morina, Ardian ^b   Neville, Anne ^b   Liskiewicz, Tomasz ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Shell Global Solutions US Inc ^*

Author keywords

fuel economy; HTHS; Lubricants; shear rate; viscosity

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; ENGINES; FRICTION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; SHEAR VISCOSITY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CAPILLARY VISCOMETERS; ECONOMY PERFORMANCE; ENGINE COMPONENTS; HIGH SHEAR RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HTHS; VISCOSITY MODIFIERS; VISCOSITY PARAMETERS;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 85027584250     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: 2041305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350650117696181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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