The coefficient of proportionality κ between real contact area and load, with new asperity models

Wear

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1020-1029

  Paggi, Marco ^a   Ciavarella, Michele ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Fractals; Greenwood Williamson theory; Real contact area; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ASPERITY CONTACTS; ASPERITY MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONTACT MECHANICS; DISCRETE FORM; FRACTAL SURFACES; G-W MODEL; GAUSSIANITY; INTERACTION EFFECT; LOW LOAD; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; REAL CONTACT AREA; THEORETICAL EQUATION;

MECHANICS; SAFETY FACTOR;

FRACTALS;

EID: 77049108649     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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