The full understanding of the viscoelastic contact mechanics between rough surfaces is a crucial issue in modern engineering research. This paper investigates the role that the number of rough scales, i.e. the cut-off of the power spectrum of the surface roughness, has on quantities like contact area, mean separation, and friction. Furthermore, an effective, though approximate, definition of an equivalent modulus is provided in order to reduce the viscoelastic contact domain to an elastic equivalent one.
Viscoelastic rough contact mechanics: A multiscale investigation / Putignano, Carmine. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART C, JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. - ISSN 0954-4062. - 230:9(2016), pp. 1374-1381. [10.1177/0954406216631005]
Viscoelastic rough contact mechanics: A multiscale investigation
PUTIGNANO, Carmine
2016-01-01
Abstract
The full understanding of the viscoelastic contact mechanics between rough surfaces is a crucial issue in modern engineering research. This paper investigates the role that the number of rough scales, i.e. the cut-off of the power spectrum of the surface roughness, has on quantities like contact area, mean separation, and friction. Furthermore, an effective, though approximate, definition of an equivalent modulus is provided in order to reduce the viscoelastic contact domain to an elastic equivalent one.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.