Introduction of an exponential formulation to quantify the electrical endurance of micro-contacts enduring fretting wear: Application to Sn, Ag and Au coatings

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1524-1534

  Fouvry, S ^a   Jedrzejczyk, P ^a   Chalandon, P ^b  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b PSA   (France)

Author keywords

Connector; Electrical contact; Electrolytic coating; Fretting wear; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CRITICAL DAMAGE; CURRENT RESISTIVITY; DAMAGE PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT AMPLITUDES; ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL ENDURANCE; ELECTRICAL FAILURES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION; ELECTROLYTIC COATING; ELECTROLYTIC COATINGS; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; ENDURANCE RATIOS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FRETTING WEAR; INTERFACIAL OXIDES; LAYER FORMATION; LOW CURRENTS; MICRO CONTACT; MODELLING; NOBLE ELEMENT; PARTIAL SLIP CONDITION; SLIDING CONDITIONS; SLIP CONDITION; SMALL AMPLITUDE; THIRD BODY;

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; COATINGS; CONTROL; DEBRIS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FRETTING CORROSION; GOLD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILVER; TIN;

DURABILITY;

EID: 79960672153     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.01.058     Document Type: Article

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