Simulation, Modeling and Experimental Research on the Thermal Effect of the Motion Error of Hydrostatic Guideways

Pengli Lei1, Zhenzhong Wang1, Chenchun Shi1

  • 1Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

Micromachines
|December 24, 2021
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