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Starvation and Reflow in a Grease-Lubricated Elastohydrodynamic Contact

P. M. Cann Tribology Section, Imperial College, London, England, SW7 2BX
Pages 698-704 | Published online: 25 Mar 2008

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Ujjawal Arya, Farshid Sadeghi, Saeed Aamer, Andreas Meinel & Hannes Grillenberger. (2023) In Situ Visualization and Analysis of Oil Starvation in Ball Bearing Cages. Tribology Transactions 0:0, pages 1-14.
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Lu Huang, Dan Guo, P. M. Cann, George T. Y. Wan & Shizhu Wen. (2016) Thermal Oxidation Mechanism of Polyalphaolefin Greases with Lithium Soap and Diurea Thickeners: Effects of the Thickener. Tribology Transactions 59:5, pages 801-809.
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Balasubramaniam Vengudusamy, Marius Kuhn, Michael Rankl & Reiner Spallek. (2016) Film Forming Behavior of Greases Under Starved and Fully Flooded EHL Conditions. Tribology Transactions 59:1, pages 62-71.
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Hui Cen, Piet M. Lugt & Guillermo Morales-Espejel. (2014) Film Thickness of Mechanically Worked Lubricating Grease at Very Low Speeds. Tribology Transactions 57:6, pages 1066-1071.
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Hui Cen, Piet M. Lugt & Guillermo Morales-Espejel. (2014) On the Film Thickness of Grease-Lubricated Contacts at Low Speeds. Tribology Transactions 57:4, pages 668-678.
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Yuichiro Nagata, Konstantinos Kalogiannis & Romeo Glovnea. (2012) Track Replenishment by Lateral Vibrations in Grease-Lubricated EHD Contacts. Tribology Transactions 55:1, pages 91-98.
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P.M. Lugt & G.E. Morales-Espejel. (2011) A Review of Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Theory. Tribology Transactions 54:3, pages 470-496.
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M.T. Van Zoelen, C.H. Venner & P.M. Lugt. (2010) The Prediction of Contact Pressure–Induced Film Thickness Decay in Starved Lubricated Rolling Bearings. Tribology Transactions 53:6, pages 831-841.
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Leonid Gershuni, MatsG. Larson & PietM. Lugt. (2008) Lubricant Replenishment in Rolling Bearing Contacts. Tribology Transactions 51:5, pages 643-651.
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P.M. Cann, M.N. Webster, J.P. Doner, V. Wikstrom & P. Lugt. (2007) Grease Degradation in R0F Bearing Tests. Tribology Transactions 50:2, pages 187-197.
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B. DAMIENS, A.A. LUBRECHT & P.M. CANN. (2004) Influence of Cage Clearance on Bearing Lubrication©. Tribology Transactions 47:1, pages 2-6.
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S. Hurley, P.M. Cann & H.A. Spikes. (2000) Lubrication and Reflow Properties of Thermally Aged Greases. Tribology Transactions 43:2, pages 221-228.
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P.M. Cann. (1999) Starved Grease Lubrication of Rolling Contacts. Tribology Transactions 42:4, pages 867-873.
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