Nano-and component level friction of rubber seals in dispensing devices

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 339-344

  Prokopovich, Polina ^a   Theodossiades, Stephanos ^a   Rahnejat, Homer ^a   Hodson, Darren ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Elastomeric seals; Friction; JKR model; PMDI valve

Indexed keywords

AFM TIP; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COMPONENT LEVELS; CONTACTING SURFACES; DEVELOPED MODEL; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERIC SEALS; FRICTION MECHANISM; FRICTION MODELS; IN-SITU; JKR MODEL; MACRO SCALE; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES; MODEL PREDICTION; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; NANO SCALE; NITRILE RUBBERS; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; RUBBER RINGS; RUBBER SEALS; STEM SURFACES; SUB-OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE;

ADHESION; CYANIDES; FRICTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SILICON NITRIDE; SURFACES; TRIBOLOGY;

SEALS;

EID: 77953791650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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