Output details
15 - General Engineering
Cardiff University
Article title
A study of seal lubrication in an aerospace fuel gear pump including the effects of roughness and mixed lubrication
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Tribology Transactions
Article number
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Volume number
54
Issue number
4
First page of article
657
ISSN of journal
1040-2004
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
The project was supported by Aero Engine Controls (part of the Rolls-Royce Group). Current legislation (e.g. EU REACH) rules out the use of lead traditionally applied to the end faces of gears in aircraft engine fuel pumps to minimise wear. By using advanced elastohydrodynamic analysis the paper has demonstrated to the company how careful geometrical design can give thicker fluid films and thereby avoid the need for lead. The PhD student on the project has been employed by Rolls-Royce, and the project led to further financial support from the company for a £423k EPSRC grant EP/G06024X/1. martin.yates@aeroenginecontrols.com
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
T - Tribology
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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