Leak-rate of seals: effective medium theory and comparison with experiment
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-17 v1
Abstract
Seals are extremely useful devices to prevent fluid leakage. We present an effective medium theory of the leak-rate of rubber seals, which is based on a recently developed contact mechanics theory. We compare the theory with experimental results for seals consisting of silicon rubber in contact with sandpaper and sand-blasted PMMA surfaces.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0911.3019,
title = {Leak-rate of seals: effective medium theory and comparison with experiment},
author = {B. Lorenz and B. N. J. Persson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3019},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 11 figures