Investigation on vibration induced fretting in degraded contact interface

Connectors are widely used in electrical systems and are subject to a variety of degradation mechanisms that can negatively impact electrical performance. One major cause of degradation is vibration induced fretting. While there has been considerable work on the effects of general connector degradation and defects on high frequency characteristics, there has been little focused work that specifically considers effects of vibration induced fretting in actual coaxial connector systems.