Surfaces roughness studies

An ingenious dual-purpose reactor tube has been applied by Gul-bransen and Andrew (59) to surface roughness studies on artificial... 

FIGURE 4.14 Membrane surface roughness study of multilayered PEC membranes prepared from PE solutions with different salt concentrations. (Reprinted with permission from Li, X. et al J. Memb. ScL, 358, 150-157, 2010.)... 

McBain and Hopkins [2], in their classical scientific study, argued that the surface roughness of a porous material was the basis of mechanical adhesion , its being... 

Quantifying the effect of surface roughness or morphology is difficult, however. Surface preparations that provide different degrees of surface roughness also usually produce surfaces that have different oxide thicknesses and mechanical properties, different compositions, or different contaminant levels. The problem of separation of these variables was circumvented in a recent study [52] by using a modified microtome as a micro milling machine to produce repeatable, well-characterized micron-sized patterns on clad 2024-T3 aluminum adherends. Fig. 2 shows the sawtooth profile created by this process. 

Studies have shown that the biosolids application reduce runoff from treated rangeland. Results were attributed to increase increased ground surface roughness... 

The texture or crystal size of phosphate coatings can conveniently be recorded by making an impression on clear cellulose tape moistened with acetone. Uniformity of crystal size is of importance for coatings which are to resist wear and assist metal working. Surface roughness may also be studied by means of a Talysurf meter. 

The development of combustion in PETN by shock was studied by Dubnov et al (Ref 93). Unfortunately, the original article is unavailable to us, but it appears that the effects of incident shock velocity, reflected shock pressure and temp, surrounding gas, and surface roughness of the PETN were examined Deflagra tio n-to -De torn tion Transition (DDT)... 

This area of research is still at its beginning and many aspects are not resolved. This includes in particular the structure and conformation of polymers at an interface as well as the modification of polymer dynamics by the interface. We have given several examples of the potential of surface and interface analytical techniques. They provide information on surface roughness, surface composition, lateral structure, depth profiles, surface-induced order and interfacial mixing of polymers on a molecular and sometimes subnanometer scale. They thus offer a large variety of possible surface and interface studies which will help in the understanding of polymer structure and dynamics as it is modified by the influence... 

New questions have arisen in micro-scale flow and heat transfer. The review by Gad-el-Hak (1999) focused on the physical aspect of the breakdown of the Navier-Stokes equations. Mehendale et al. (1999) concluded that since the heat transfer coefficients were based on the inlet and/or outlet fluid temperatures, rather than on the bulk temperatures in almost all studies, comparison of conventional correlations is problematic. Palm (2001) also suggested several possible explanations for the deviations of micro-scale single-phase heat transfer from convectional theory, including surface roughness and entrance effects. 

Turner et al. (2004) studied the independent variables relative surface roughness, Knudsen number and Mach number and their influence on the friction factor. The micro-channels were etched into silicon wafers, capped with glass, with hydraulic diameters between 5 and 96 pm. Their surface roughness was 0.002 < ks< 0.06 pm for the smooth channels, and 0.33 < / < 1 -6 pm for the glass-capped ones. The surface roughness of the glass micro-channels was measured to be in the range 0.0014 [Pg.39]

It is noteworthy that several studies exhibit contradictory results for both the mechanical and thermal characteristics of the flow. This is generally due to differences in the many parameters that characterize these studies such as the geometry, shape and surface roughness of the channels, the fluid, the boundary conditions and the measuring methodology itself. These discrepancies indicate the need for extension of the experimental base to provide the necessary background to the theoretical model. 

Understanding the role of surface roughness in mixed lubrication is a first step toward the microscopic study of tribology. It has been an effort for more than 30 years, starting from statistic models, but it is the deterministic approach that provides a powerful means to explore the tribological events occurring at the micrometre scale. 

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