Cavitation in lubricating films

Wear and friction are signicant problems in machinery. A particularly harsh environment is the space between the piston ring and cylinder wall of a combustion engine. Lubricant lms are commonly used to mitigate these eects, separating metal to metal contact. The experiments of Zhu and Granick (Langm...

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Main Author: Letchford, Nicholas
Other Authors: Vella, Dominic ; Breward, Chris ; Howell, Peter
Published: University of Oxford 2016
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740790