On the dependence of the leak-rate of seals on the skewness of the surface height probability distribution
arXiv:1004.1033 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/90/38002
Abstract
Seals are extremely useful devices to prevent fluid leakage. We present experimental result which show that the leak-rate of seals depend sensitively on the skewness in the height probability distribution. The experimental data are analyzed using the critical-junction theory. We show that using the top-power spectrum result in good agreement between theory and experiment.
5 pages, 9 figures
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