Engineered Materials Company
TECHNICAL TIDBITS: By Title Volume 2 No 4, 4/00: Bend Testing vs. Forming Reality Volume 3 No 2, 2/01: Cantilever Beams - Part 1 (Beam Stiffness) Volume 3 No 3, 3/01: Cantilever Beams - Part 2 (Analysis) Volume 4 No 1, 1/02: Coating Electrical Contacts Volume 5 No 2, 3/04: Connector Insertion Force Volume 3 No 5, 5/01: Connector Temperature Rise Volume 4 No 5, 5/02: Creep Corrosion & Pore Corrosion Volume 2 No 1, 1/00: Cumulative Effects of Tolerances on Connector Performance - Part 1 Volume 2 No 2, 2/00: Cumulative Effects of Tolerances on Connector Performance - Part 2 Volume 1 No 4, 10/99: Cumulative Stress & the Bauschinger Effect Volume 3 No 6, 6/01: Current Carrying Capacity Volume 4 No 11, 11/02: The Effects of Arcing Volume 6 No 2, 4/05: Elastic Modulus Volume 3 No 4, 4/01: Elastic Resilience Volume 2 No 5, 5/00: Elastic Springback Volume 2 No 7, 7/00: Factors Affecting Stress Relaxation Volume 2 No 3, 3/00: Formability and Bend Testing Volume 4 No 3, 3/02: Fretting Corrosion Volume 4 No 7, 7/02: Gold as a Contact Material Volume 2 No 9, 9/00: Grain Size & Material Strength Volume 3 No 7, 7/01: Hardness Testing Volume 3 No 8, 8/01: Hardness Testing Pitfalls Volume 1 No 6, 12/99: The Importance of Contact Force Volume 1 No 1, 7/99: Impact Resistance Volume 5 No 1, 1/04: Introducing Alloy 390™ Volume 4 No 10, 10/02: Introduction to Arcing Contacts Volume 3 No 10, 10/01: Material Property Directionality Volume 2 No 8, 8/00: Material Yielding Volume 4 No 4, 4/02: Nickel as a Coating Material Volume 4 No 6, 6/02: Nickel as an Undercoating Volume 4 No 8, 8/02: The Platinum Group Metals as Contact Materials Volume 1 No 5, 11/99: Reliability and End-of-Life Contact Force Volume 3 No 12, 12/01: Round vs. Rectangular Cross Sections Volume 4 No 9, 9/02: Silver as a Contact Material Volume 1 No 3, 9/99: Size Reduction Volume 2 No 10, 10/00: Solid Solution Hardening & Strength Volume 6 No 4, 10/05: Strain Hardening Volume 6 No 5, 12/05: Strain Hardening and Formability Volume 2 No 11, 11/00: Strain Hardening & Strength Volume 3 No 1, 1/01: Strengthening Mechanisms Summary Volume 2 No 6, 6/00: Stress Relaxation & Creep Volume 5 No 3, 5/04: Stress-Strain Concepts Revisited Volume 3 No 11, 11/01: Strip vs. Wire Volume 4 No 12, 12/02: Summary of Electrical Contact Coatings Volume 6 No 3, 9/05: Tensile Strength Considerations Volume 3 No 9, 9/01: Tensile Testing Volume 2 No 12, 12/00: Thermal Strengthening Mechanisms Volume 4 No 2, 2/02: Tin as a Coating Material Volume 1 No 2, 8/99: Why Good Designs Fail Volume 6 No 1, 1/05: Yield Strength and other Near Elastic Properties
TECHNICAL TIDBITS: By Title
Volume 2 No 4, 4/00: Bend Testing vs. Forming Reality
Volume 3 No 2, 2/01: Cantilever Beams - Part 1 (Beam Stiffness) Volume 3 No 3, 3/01: Cantilever Beams - Part 2 (Analysis) Volume 4 No 1, 1/02: Coating Electrical Contacts Volume 5 No 2, 3/04: Connector Insertion Force Volume 3 No 5, 5/01: Connector Temperature Rise Volume 4 No 5, 5/02: Creep Corrosion & Pore Corrosion Volume 2 No 1, 1/00: Cumulative Effects of Tolerances on Connector Performance - Part 1 Volume 2 No 2, 2/00: Cumulative Effects of Tolerances on Connector Performance - Part 2 Volume 1 No 4, 10/99: Cumulative Stress & the Bauschinger Effect Volume 3 No 6, 6/01: Current Carrying Capacity
Volume 4 No 11, 11/02: The Effects of Arcing Volume 6 No 2, 4/05: Elastic Modulus Volume 3 No 4, 4/01: Elastic Resilience Volume 2 No 5, 5/00: Elastic Springback
Volume 2 No 7, 7/00: Factors Affecting Stress Relaxation Volume 2 No 3, 3/00: Formability and Bend Testing Volume 4 No 3, 3/02: Fretting Corrosion
Volume 4 No 7, 7/02: Gold as a Contact Material Volume 2 No 9, 9/00: Grain Size & Material Strength
Volume 3 No 7, 7/01: Hardness Testing Volume 3 No 8, 8/01: Hardness Testing Pitfalls
Volume 1 No 6, 12/99: The Importance of Contact Force Volume 1 No 1, 7/99: Impact Resistance Volume 5 No 1, 1/04: Introducing Alloy 390™ Volume 4 No 10, 10/02: Introduction to Arcing Contacts
Volume 3 No 10, 10/01: Material Property Directionality Volume 2 No 8, 8/00: Material Yielding
Volume 4 No 4, 4/02: Nickel as a Coating Material Volume 4 No 6, 6/02: Nickel as an Undercoating
Volume 4 No 8, 8/02: The Platinum Group Metals as Contact Materials
Volume 1 No 5, 11/99: Reliability and End-of-Life Contact Force Volume 3 No 12, 12/01: Round vs. Rectangular Cross Sections
Volume 4 No 9, 9/02: Silver as a Contact Material Volume 1 No 3, 9/99: Size Reduction Volume 2 No 10, 10/00: Solid Solution Hardening & Strength Volume 6 No 4, 10/05: Strain Hardening Volume 6 No 5, 12/05: Strain Hardening and Formability Volume 2 No 11, 11/00: Strain Hardening & Strength Volume 3 No 1, 1/01: Strengthening Mechanisms Summary Volume 2 No 6, 6/00: Stress Relaxation & Creep Volume 5 No 3, 5/04: Stress-Strain Concepts Revisited Volume 3 No 11, 11/01: Strip vs. Wire Volume 4 No 12, 12/02: Summary of Electrical Contact Coatings
Volume 6 No 3, 9/05: Tensile Strength Considerations Volume 3 No 9, 9/01: Tensile Testing Volume 2 No 12, 12/00: Thermal Strengthening Mechanisms Volume 4 No 2, 2/02: Tin as a Coating Material
Volume 1 No 2, 8/99: Why Good Designs Fail
Volume 6 No 1, 1/05: Yield Strength and other Near Elastic Properties