ArticlePolymers2025
Experimental Comparison of Elastomeric Materials for Hydraulic Seal Durability Under Reciprocating Conditions.
Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Wave Energy Converters (WECs) depend on hydraulic Power Take-Off (PTO) systems in which elastomeric seals must withstand wear, fatigue, and corrosion under harsh marine loading. This study quantitatively compares two commercial polyurethane seals (E1-E2) with custom-compounded Ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM) formulations (E3-E5) using reciprocating wear tests (ASTM G133) at 3-10 N and 10-30 mm/s. It is noted that all experiments were conducted under dry conditions at room temperature as a baseline assessment, and the findings provide foundational insight prior to considering lubrication, hydraulic fluid effects, and marine environmental conditions relevant to WEC operation. Coefficient of friction (COF), specific wear rate, and worn-surface morphology were assessed to determine material durability. The commercial thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) grades exhibited high hardness (93-94 Shore A), low wear rates (2.29-1.93 × 10
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.