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The contact force was also varied in a wide range from positive values where the tip is pressed on the surface to negative values corresponding to the case where only the liquid at the end of the tip is touching the surface with no solid contact between the tip and the substrate. We observed in both cases that the size of the deposited droplets does not depend on the applied force. This is an important result toward a parallelization of the deposition when the simultaneous control of the same force for all applied tips is virtually impossible. 

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The paper discusses the application of dynamic indentation method and apparatus for the evaluation of viscoelastic properties of polymeric materials. The three-element model of viscoelastic material has been used to calculate the rigidity and the viscosity. Using a measurements of the indentation as a function of a current velocity change on impact with the material under test, the contact force and the displacement diagrams as a function of time are plotted. Experimental results of the testing of polyvinyl chloride cable coating by dynamic indentation method and data of the static tensile test are presented. 

After obtaining a set of fitted velocity versus time data for a particular test specimen, we can extract the contact force and depth of indentation by mathematical operations. The differentiation of the indenter velocity gives the equation for contact force while impact ... 

Figure 2 shows a typical example of the row data measured by this method The data exhibit a classic curves, namely velocity, contact force and depth of the indenter intrusion, obtained on polyvinyl chloride sample. 

Fig. 2 Typical depth indentation (1), indenter velocity (2), contact force (3) curves obtained on polyvinyl cWoride sample.

Fig. 3. The dependence of contact force versus depth of indentation.

The point t, on the abscissa denotes the end of the active stage of the impact, or time of the indenter intrusion The break of the contact of indenter with material tested is designated by Xk Analyzing the curves V(t), a(t) and F(t), it is seen that the maximum of the contact force does not coincide in time with the moment of achievement of the maximum intrusion and zero... 

In addition to the circuit breaker, there have been a number of other SMA appHcations for various functions in electric power generation (qv), distribution, and transmission systems. One such device is a thermal indicator that provides a signal visible from the ground of a hot junction or connector in a distribution yard. Such hot spots occur as a result of the loosening of bus bar connectors owing to cycHc temperature as the electric load varies. In addition to the use of SMA flags as a hot-spot indicators, actuators that automatically maintain the contact force in a bus bar connection have been demonstrated. Based on a BeUeviHe washer fabricated from a Cu—Al—Ni SMA trained to exhibit two-way memory, these washers, when heated by a hot joint, increase their force output and correct the condition. A 30 mm diameter washer 3 mm thick can produce a force of over 4000 N. Similar in purpose... 

Size reduction causes particle breakage by subjecting the material to contact forces or stresses. The apphed forces cause deformation that generates internal stress in the particles and when this stress reaches a certain level, particle breakage occurs. 

Stress Relaxation. Copper alloys are used extensively in appHcations where they are subjected to moderately elevated temperatures while under load. An important example is the spring member for contacts in electrical and electronic coimectors. Critical to rehable performance is the maintenance of adequate contact force, or stabiUty, while in service. Excessive decrease in this force to below a minimum threshold value because of losses in spring property can lead to premature open-circuit failure (see Electrical connectors). 

The spatial Cauchy stress tensor s is defined at time by f = sn, where t(x, t, n) is a contact force vector acting on an element of area da = n da with unit normal i and magnitude da in the current configuration. The element of area... 

Contact forces between two bodies have the same magnitude, the same line of action, and opposite direction. 

In collisions between two bodies the contact force and the duration of contact are usually unknown. However, the duration of contact is the same for both bodies, and the force on the first body is the negative of the force on the second body. Thus the net change in momentum is zero. This is called the principle of conservation of momentum. 

Fig. 1. Models of contact force (Soft sphere model)...

The samples were analysed on a TAX T2 Texture Analyser programmed for the following conditions a cylindrical plunger with 1 in. diameter contact force of 5 g, contact area of 284,88 mm, speed of 2 mm s and a 5 s interval between the first and second bites. 

The methodology discussed previously can be applied to the study of colloidal suspensions where a number of different molecular forces and hydrodynamic effects come into play to determine the dynamics. As an illustration, we briefly describe one example of an MPC simulation of a colloidal suspension of claylike particles where comparisons between simulation and experiment have been made [42, 60]. Experiments were carried out on a suspension of AI2O3 particles. For this system electrostatic repulsive and van der Waals attractive forces are important, as are lubrication and contact forces. All of these forces were included in the simulations. A mapping of the MPC simulation parameters onto the space and time scales of the real system is given in Hecht et al. [42], The calculations were carried out with an imposed shear field. 

We will next give a more detailed description of the contact force, the cohesive force, and the integration of the equations of motion—Eqs. (20) and (21). The description of the forces resulting from interaction with the gas phase is given in Section III.D, whereas the dynamics of the gas phase itself is described in Section III.C. 

The calculation of the contact force between two particles is actually quite involved. A detailed model for accurately computing contact forces involves complicated contact mechanics (Johnson, 1985), the implementation of which is extremely cumbersome. Many simplified models have therefore been proposed, which use an approximate formulation of the interparticle contact force. The simplest one was originally proposed by Cundall and Strack (1979), where a linear-spring and dashpot model is employed to calculate the contact forces (see Fig. 11 and 12). In this model, the normal component of the contact force between two particles a and b can be calculated by... 

For the tangential component of the contact force, a Coulomb-type friction law is used ... 

The contact force between two particles is now determined by only five parameters normal and tangential spring stiffness kn and kt, the coefficient of normal and tangential restitution e and et, and the friction coefficient /if. In principle, kn and k, are related to the Young modulus and Poisson ratio of the solid material however, in practice their value must be chosen much smaller, otherwise the time step of the integration needs to become unpractically small. The values for kn and k, are thus mainly determined by computational efficiency and not by the material properties. More on this point is given in the Section III.B.7 on efficiency issues. So, finally we are left with three collision parameters e, et, and which are typical for the type of particle to be modeled. 

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