Nano-scale impact characteristics of rough surfaces in humid atmosphere with full or partial sam protection

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 561-568

  Teodorescu, Mircea ^a   Theodossiades, Stephanos ^b   Rahnejat, Homer ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Hydration; Meniscus action; Nano conjunctions; Sam

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL THEORY; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; HUMID ATMOSPHERES; IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS; IMPACT DYNAMICS; MENISCUS ACTION; MICRO-SCALES; NANO SCALE; NANO-CONJUNCTIONS; ROUGH SURFACES; SAM;

ADHESION; HYDRATION; NANOSYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 81155154353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2008-49949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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