Strength statistics of adhesive contact between a fibrillar structure and a rough substrate

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 441-448

  Porwal, Pankaj K ^a   Hui, Chung Yuen ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion strength statistics; Fibrillar interfaces; Random attachment strengths; Random fibril lengths; Size effects; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESION STRENGTH STATISTICS; FIBRILLAR INTERFACES; RANDOM ATTACHMENT STRENGTHS; RANDOM FIBRIL LENGTHS; SIZE EFFECTS;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; FIBER; LAW; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 39149140665     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1133     Document Type: Article

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