Tribology of rough ultra-film contacts in drug delivery devices

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2209-2216

  Grimble, D W ^a   Theodossiades, S ^a   Rahnejat, H ^a   Wilby, M ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b 3M Drug Delivery Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Asperity interaction; Pressurized metered dose inhalers; Rough thin film contact

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZERS; COLLOIDS; DRUG DELIVERY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; O RINGS; RUBBER APPLICATIONS;

ADHESIVE FRICTIONS; ASPERITY INTERACTION; ASPERITY INTERACTIONS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELASTOMERIC SEALS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FRICTION MODELS; HYDRODYNAMIC FILMS; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOURS; NON NEWTONIANS; PRESSURIZED METERED DOSE INHALERS; ROUGH THIN-FILM CONTACT; RUBBER SEALS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 57549102451     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1047     Document Type: Article

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