Frictionless compression testing using load-applying platens made from porous graphite aerostatic bearings

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  El Aguizy, Tarek ^a   Plante, Jean Sebastien ^a   Slocum, Alexander H ^a   Vogan, John D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSTATIC BEARINGS; FRICTIONLESS INTERFACES; LOAD-APPLYING PLATENS; SQUEEZE FILM EFFECT;

BARRELING; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GRAPHITE; LUBRICATION; POISSON RATIO; POROUS MATERIALS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPRESSION TESTING;

EID: 22944465434     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1949467     Document Type: Article

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