Cold welding under space and launch conditions

By |2023-11-24T17:10:08+01:0023. October 2023|Space|

A common failure mode seen during the testing and operation of spacecraft is termed ‘cold-welding’ (‘coldwelding’, ‘contact welding’, ‘adhesion’, ‘sticking’ or ‘stiction’). Coldwelding is a solid-state welding process in [...]