An elasto-plastic contact problem

An analysis of three-dimensional elasto-plastic sinusoidal contact

Researchers have developedmanymodels to simulate the elasto-plastic contact of spheres. However, there does not appear to exist a closed-form analytical model for elasto-plastic three-dimensional sinusoidal contact. This work uses a finite element model (FEM) to characterize elasto-plastic sinusoidal contact. Although at initial contact the sphere and sinusoidal case are very similar and can bo...

A Finite Element Study of Elasto-plastic Hemispherical Contact

This work presents a finite element study of elasto-plastic hemispherical contact. The results are normalized such that they are valid for macro contacts (e.g., rolling element bearings) and micro contacts (e.g., asperity contact). The material is modeled as elastic-perfectly plastic. The numerical results are compared to other existing models of spherical contact, including the fully plastic c...

Elasto-Plastic Friction Model: Contact Compliance and Stiction

The presliding displacement and stiction properties of friction models are investigated. It is found that existing single-state-variable friction models possess either stiction or presliding displacement. Next, those models with continuous states are interpreted as examples of Prandlt’s elasto-plastic material model. A class of general one-state models is derived that is stable, dissipative and...

A finite element analysis and remeshing algorithm for an axisymmetric elasto-plastic contact problem related to indentation measurements

Non-linear quasi-static axisymmetric indentation problem is studied for comparitive computational analysis between elasto-plastic parameters and mechanical behaviour of homogeneous engineering metal materials. Mathematical model, based on deformation theory version of J2 theory, leads to quasi-static elasto-plastic contact problem with unknown contact domain, depending on the value of a indenta...

Longitudinal Motion of an Elasto - Plastic Bar