Film Thickness Changes in EHD Sliding Contacts Lubricated by a Fatty Alcohol

This paper describes the appearance of abnormal film thickness features formed in elastohydrodynamic contacts lubricated by a fatty alcohol. Experiments were conducted by varying the slide to roll ratio between a steel ball and a glass disk in a ball-on-disk type device. Lauric alcohol was used as l...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Yagi, Philippe Vergne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Tribologists 2006-08-01
Series:Tribology Online
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/1/1/1_1_5/_pdf/-char/en