Survey of Contact Fretting in Electrical Connectors

IEEE Transactions on Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 87-104

  Antler, Morton ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS - WEAR; LUBRICANTS;

CONNECTOR LIFETIMES; CONTACT RESISTANCE INCREASE; FRETTING IN MATED ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS; FRICTIONAL POLYMERIZATION;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 0021394368     PISSN: 01486411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCHMT.1985.1136462     Document Type: Article

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