Friction in ultra-thin conjunction of valve seals of pressurised metered dose inhalers

Wear

Volumn 268, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 845-852

  Prokopovich, P ^a   Theodossiades, S ^a   Rahnejat, H ^a   Hodson, D ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Elastomeric seals; Friction; pMDI valve

Indexed keywords

AFM TIP; ASPERITY INTERACTIONS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COMPONENT LEVELS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELASTOMERIC SEALS; FRICTION GENERATION; FRICTION MODELS; FRICTION TEST; HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; METERED-DOSE INHALERS; MODEL PREDICTION; MOVING INTERFACE; NANO SCALE; NITRILE RUBBERS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; RUBBER SEALS; SLIDING SPEED; ULTRA-THIN; VISCOUS SHEAR;

ADHESION; ATOMIZERS; BIOACCUMULATION; BUILDING COMPONENTS; COMPLEXATION; CYANIDES; DEFORMATION; GASKETS; MACHINERY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REACTOR CORES; RUBBER; SILICON NITRIDE; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 74649084418     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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