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Tribosonics uses patented technology jointly developed at the University of Sheffield and the University of Bristol for the measurement of thin layers using ultrasonic reflection. This technology, known as Ultrasensor, has been proven in an assortment of field trials and laboratory experiments. The papers below detail some of the proving work that has been done.




Papers
  1. R.S. Dwyer-Joyce, D.Green, P. Harper, R.Lewis, S.Balakrishnan, P.D. King, H.Rahjenat, (2005), ‘The Measurement Of Oil Film Thickness In Piston Ring And Skirt Contacts By An Ultrasonic Means’, accepted for SAE 2005.

2. Harper, P., Dwyer-Joyce, R.S., Sjödin, U., Olofsson, U., (2005), ‘Evaluation of an Ultrasonic Method for Measurement of Oil Film Thickness in a Hydraulic Motor Piston Ring’,
Proceedings of the 31th Leeds-Lyon Symp. Trib. , Elsevier, pp. 305-312.

3. Dwyer-Joyce, R.S., Harper, P., and Drinkwater, B., (2004), ‘A Method for the Measurement of Hydrodynamic Oil Films Using Ultrasonic Reflection’, Tribology Letters, Vol. 17, n2, pp. 337-348.

4. Harper, P., Hollingsworth, B., Dwyer-Joyce, R.S., and Drinkwater, B.W., (2004), ‘Journal
Bearing Oil Film Measurement Using Ultrasonic Reflection’, Proceedings of the 29th Leeds-
Lyon Symposium on Tribology, Elsevier Tribology Series No. 41, pp. 469-476.

5. Drinkwater, B. W., Dwyer-Joyce, R. S., and Harper, P., (2004), ‘On-Line Measurement of Lubricant Film Thickness Using Ultrasonic Reflection Coefficients’, AIP Conference Proceedings, February 26, Volume 700, Issue 1, pp. 984-991.

6. Harper, P., Dwyer-Joyce, R. S., (2004), ‘Measuring Oil Film Thickness with Ultrasound’, Lubrication Excellence Conference Proceedings, March 23rd-25th, pp 425-428.

7. Dwyer-Joyce, R.S., Harper, P., and Drinkwater, B., (2004), ‘Evaluation of an Ultrasonic Oil Film Measurement Technique for PTFE Faced Thrust Pad Bearings’, Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2004, 2004, p 697-710.


 
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