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Film Thickness of Mechanically Worked Lubricating Grease at Very Low Speeds

Hui CenUniversity of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Piet M. LugtUniversity of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands;SKF Engineering & Research Centre, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Guillermo Morales-EspejelSKF Engineering & Research Centre, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands;Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS LaMCoS UMRS259, F69621, Lyon, France
Pages 1066-1071 | Received 17 Nov 2013, Accepted 08 Jun 2014, Published online: 02 Oct 2014

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