Large-scale molecular-dynamics simulations are performed to study friction in nanoscale single asperity contacts. The modeling system consists of a tip made of H-terminated diamond-like carbon and an H-terminated diamond sample. Simulations are carried out using a reactive bond-order interatomic potential integrated with dispersive interactions. A quantitative agreement in contact pressures and...

The friction and wear phenomena appear due to contact and relative motion between two solids. The evolution of contact conditions depends on loading conditions and mechanical behaviours. The wear phenomena are essentially characterized by a matter loss. Wear and friction are in interaction due to the fact that particles are detached from the solids. A complex medium appears as an interface havi...

Rubber exhibits unusual sliding friction. When rubber is slid on a hard, rough substrate, the surface asperities of the substrate exert oscillating forces on the rubber surface leading to energy ‘‘dissipation’’ via the internal friction of the rubber. I estimate this contribution to the friction force and compare the results with the experimental data of Grosch. Because of its low elastic modul...

Cutting processes of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) material generate significant energy in the form heat which can be detrimental to final surface and sub-surface quality. By artificially changing temperature workpiece simulate cutting temperatures, thermal effects on friction metrics understood. Feed rate CFRP pre-heating for macro nanoscale open loop pin plate testing has been comple...

Original scientific paper In this paper, the orthogonal cutting force model is proposed comprising forces due to flank wear in addition to the forces for chip formation during the hard turning of round bar made of steel 60WCrV7 hardened at 55+2HRc. Cutting force model includes two tool conditions: perfectly sharp tool with VBB = 0 and tool with maximum permissible flank wear VBBmax. Based on cu...

We describe a 2D spring-block model for the transition from static to kinetic friction at an elastic-slider-rigid-substrate interface obeying a minimalistic friction law (Amontons-Coulomb). By using realistic boundary conditions, a number of previously unexplained experimental results on precursory microslip fronts are successfully reproduced. From the analysis of the interfacial stresses, we d...

Friction between ordered, atomically smooth surfaces at the nanoscale (nanofriction) is often governed by stick-slip processes. To test long-standing atomistic models of such processes, we implemented a synthetic nanofriction interface between a laser-cooled Coulomb crystal of individually addressable ions as the moving object and a periodic light-field potential as the substrate. We show that ...