Infrared observations of the mechanical performance of tennis strings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4360, Issue , 2001, Pages 624-635

  Luong, P M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Damage detection; Fretting fatigue; Limit of acceptable damage; Natural gut string; Non destructive testing; Synthetic tennis string; Tensile strength; Thermomechanical coupling; Tribology of tennis string; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WEAR RESISTANCE;

TENNIS STRINGS; THERMOMECHANICAL COUPLING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0034934379     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.421036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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