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Reducing Friction and Leakage by Means of Microstructured Sealing Surfaces – Example Mechanical Face Seal

By defined structuring of sliding surfaces at dynamic contact seals friction and leakage can be reduced. Compared to macro-structures, micro-structures have the advantage of a quasi-homogeneous influence on the fluid behavior in the sealing gap. The development of suitable microstructures based on prototypes, whose properties are studied on the test bench, is very expensive and time-consuming due to the challenging manufacturing process and measuring technologies, which are necessary to investigate the complex rheological behavior within the sealing gap. A simulation-based development of microstructured sealing surfaces offers a cost- and time-saving alternative. This paper presents a method for simulative design and optimization of microstructured sealing surfaces at the example of a microstructured mechanical face seal.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-199867
Date28 April 2016
CreatorsNeumann, Stephan, Jacobs, Georg, Feldermann, Achim, Straßburger, Felix
ContributorsDresdner Verein zur Förderung der Fluidtechnik e. V. ,, Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Maschinenwesen
PublisherSaechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
Source10th International Fluid Power Conference (10. IFK) March 8 - 10, 2016, Vol. 1, pp. 493-506

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