Sliding Wear Modeling of Artificial Rough Surfaces

Sliding lubricated anisotropic rough surfaces.

The object of this paper is to study the effects of lubricant film flow, pressurized and sheared between two parallel rough surfaces in sliding motion. The influence of microscopic surface roughness on lubricant film flow macroscopic behavior is described through five nondimensional parameters called flow factors. These macroscopic transport parameters are related to the local geometry of apert...

Transient Heat Conduction Between Rough Sliding Surfaces

When two rough bodies slide against each other, asperities on the opposing surfaces interact with each other, defining a transient contact and heat conduction problem. We represent each body by a Greenwood and Williamson asperity model with a Gaussian height distribution of identical spherical asperities. The heat transfer during a typical asperity interaction is analyzed, and the results are c...

Modeling Rough Surfaces

Analysis of Wear Phenomena in Sliding Contact Surfaces

A general approach to numerically simulating wear in rolling and sliding contacts is presented in this thesis. A simulation scheme is developed that calculates the wear at a detailed level. The removal of material follows Archard‟s wear law, which states that the reduction of volume is linearly proportional to the sliding distance, the normal load and the wear coefficient Careful attention is p...

Nano-Scale Effect in Adhesive Friction of Sliding Rough Surfaces

Study of contact and friction at multiple length scales is necessary for the effective design and analysis of surfaces in sliding microand nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). As loading forces decrease in such applications, the size of the asperity contacts tends to decrease into the nano scale regime. Also with the increase in surface area to volume ratio in such systems, the surface f...