Towards the use of mushroom-capped dry adhesives in outer space: Effects of low pressure and temperature on adhesion strength

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-190

  Henrey, Michael ^a   Díaz Téllez, Juan Pablo ^a   Wormnes, Kjetil ^b   Pambaguian, Laurent ^b   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dry adhesive testing; Mushroom cap; PDMS; Thermal Outgassing; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

DRY ADHESIVE; EFFECTIVE YOUNG'S MODULUS; INSTRUMENTED INDENTATION; MUSHROOM CAP; PDMS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL OUTGASSING;

ABILITY TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; MICROCHANNELS; QUARTZ; SILICONES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; VACUUM;

ADHESION;

EID: 84880922063     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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