Tribological behavior of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 824-830

  Elleuch, Riadh ^a   Elleuch, Khaled ^a   Salah, Boudour ^a   Zahouani, Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

Author keywords

Friction; Indentation; Polyurethane; Tribology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRICTION; INDENTATION; PLASTIC FLOW; POLYURETHANES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; VISCOELASTICITY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

HERTZ THEORY; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS; WEAR SCARS;

TRIBOLOGY;

ADHESION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRICTION; INDENTATION; PLASTIC FLOW; POLYURETHANES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33751227824     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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