000007066 001__ 7066 000007066 005__ 20200423202615.0 000007066 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1209/0295-5075/86/44006 000007066 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000267292000017 000007066 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0295-5075 000007066 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/22978 000007066 037__ $$aPreJuSER-7066 000007066 041__ $$aeng 000007066 082__ $$a530 000007066 084__ $$2WoS$$aPhysics, Multidisciplinary 000007066 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130804$$aLorenz, B.$$b0$$uFZJ 000007066 245__ $$aLeak rate of seals: Comparison of theory with experiment 000007066 260__ $$aLes Ulis$$bEDP Sciences$$c2009 000007066 300__ $$a44006 000007066 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000007066 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000007066 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000007066 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000007066 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000007066 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000007066 440_0 $$01996$$aEurophysics Letters$$v86$$x0295-5075$$y4 000007066 500__ $$aWe thank C. Schulze (ISAC, RWTH Aachen University) for help with the measurement of the surface topography of the sand paper surfaces. This work, as part of the European Science Foundation EUROCORES Program FANAS, was supported from funds by the DFG and the EC Sixth Framework Program, under contract N. ERASCT-2003-980409. 000007066 520__ $$aSeals are extremely useful devices to prevent fluid leakage. We present experimental results for the leak rate of rubber seals, and compare the results to a novel theory, which is based on percolation theory and a recently developed contact mechanics theory. We find good agreement between theory and experiment. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2009 000007066 536__ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414$$2G:(DE-HGF)$$aKondensierte Materie$$cP54$$x0 000007066 588__ $$aDataset connected to Web of Science 000007066 650_7 $$2WoSType$$aJ 000007066 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130885$$aPersson, B. N. J.$$b1$$uFZJ 000007066 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1465366-7$$a10.1209/0295-5075/86/44006$$gVol. 86, p. 44006$$p44006$$q86<44006$$tepl$$v86$$x0295-5075$$y2009 000007066 8567_ $$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/86/44006 000007066 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/7066/files/0904.2988.pdf$$yOpenAccess 000007066 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/7066/files/0904.2988.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess 000007066 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:7066$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000007066 9141_ $$y2009 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0111$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0020$$2StatID$$aNo Peer review 000007066 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bThomson Reuters Master Journal List 000007066 9131_ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414$$aDE-HGF$$bMaterie$$kP54$$lKondensierte Materie$$vKondensierte Materie$$x0$$zentfällt bis 2009 000007066 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)VDB781$$d31.12.2010$$gIFF$$kIFF-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x0 000007066 970__ $$aVDB:(DE-Juel1)115578 000007066 980__ $$aVDB 000007066 980__ $$aConvertedRecord 000007066 980__ $$ajournal 000007066 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 000007066 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000007066 9801_ $$aFullTexts 000007066 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106