... in the past. Many of these tribometers have become a standard testing equipment for tribologists. For the contact of radial shaft seals (RSSs), currently no such tribometer exists that can be used to characterize their behavior in a satisfying manner. In this paper, a tribologically equivalent system for RSSs...

...Stefan Thielen; Balázs Magyar; Bernd Sauer Regarding the increasing demand in seal lifetime and energy efficiency, a detailed microscopic simulation is necessary—as an addition to experimental investigations—to better understand and improve radial shaft seals. For this purpose, typically...