%0 Journal Article
%A Persson, Bo
%T Fluid Leakage in Static Rubber Seals
%J Tribology letters
%V 70
%N 2
%@ 1023-8883
%C Dordrecht
%I Springer Science  Business Media B.V.
%M FZJ-2022-03863
%P 31
%D 2022
%X Interfacial surface roughness can result in fluid leakage of seals, and in the design of seals it is standard to give an upper limit for the surface root-mean-square (rms) roughness amplitude hrms. However, hrms is determined mainly by the long-wavelength roughness, which is (nearly) irrelevant for the sealing. I discuss the parameters which determine the leakage of seals, and present results for static rubber seals with circular cross-section (like rubber O-rings). I also study the influence of the fluid pressure on the interfacial surface separation and the leakrate.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000757344900001
%R 10.1007/s11249-022-01573-8
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/910480