The influence of the statistical properties of self-affine surfaces in elastic contacts: A numerical investigation

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 973-982

  Putignano, C ^a   Afferrante, L ^a   Carbone, G ^a   Demelio, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesionless contact; Fractal dimension; Self affine rough surfaces

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT MECHANICS; ELASTIC CONTACT; FRACTAL SURFACES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LINEAR ELASTIC; MEAN SQUARE; MEAN SQUARE SLOPES; MULTIPLE SCALE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; REAL CONTACT; RIGID SURFACES; ROUGH SURFACES; SELF-AFFINE; SELF-AFFINE FRACTALS; SELF-AFFINE SURFACES; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SMALL LOAD; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PARAMETER; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SEPARATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84857910924     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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