EHL with Rough Surface Asperity Contact

2013 ◽  
pp. 852-852
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Surface Asperity

Investigations Into Asperity Persistence in Heavily Loaded Contacts

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Lee-Prudhoe ◽  
R. S. Sayles ◽  
A. Kaderic
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Local Contact ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Indentation Tests ◽  
Mechanisms Of Persistence ◽  
Contact Pressures ◽  
Smooth Roller

Experimental results are presented along the lines of the early work of Moore (1948) where a hard smooth roller is pressed into a softer rough surface to study the resulting real to apparent areas of contact and their associated local contact pressures. Results are presented for a hard steel roller deforming mild-steel and aluminum-alloy rough surface specimens. An analysis of the local contact mechanics is performed before and after indentation using a recently developed numerical elastic contact simulation method which allows local asperity contact pressures and areas to be studied in detail. The method is shown to reveal the level and distribution of pressures and asperity contact areas prevalent during the indentation process, and therefore allows the contribution of elastic and plastic load support to be quantified. The persistence of asperities during such indentation tests is discussed in terms of the pressures the asperities can support in relation to reported mechanisms of persistence. Results of subsequent sub-surface stresses are also presented and discussed in terms of how the method might be used to create an elastic-plasticdeformation model that can account for asperity persistence in future numerical contact simulation models.

Contact Analysis of a Smooth Ball on an Anisotropic Rough Surface

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 850-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Y. Poon ◽  
R. S. Sayles
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Stochastic Approach ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Correlation Lengths ◽  
Real Contact ◽  
Rough Surface Contact ◽  
Contact Pressures ◽  
Contact Spots

The effects of surface roughness and waviness upon the real contact areas, gaps between contact spots, and asperity contact pressures were studied. The distribution of real areas, gaps, and contact pressures are presented for different surface roughness, σ and correlation lengths, β*. The load-area relationship is compared to Bush’s model of strongly anisotropic rough surface contact using a stochastic approach.

Comparative Contact Analysis Study of Finite Element Method Based Deterministic, Simplified Multi-Asperity and Modified Statistical Contact Models

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Megalingam ◽  
M. M. Mayuram
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Contact Load ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Single Asperity ◽  
Contact Models

The study of the contact stresses generated when two surfaces are in contact plays a significant role in understanding the tribology of contact pairs. Most of the present contact models are based on the statistical treatment of the single asperity contact model. For a clear understanding about the elastic-plastic behavior of two rough surfaces in contact, comparative study involving the deterministic contact model, simplified multi-asperity contact model, and modified statistical model are undertaken. In deterministic contact model analysis, a three dimensional deformable rough surface pressed against a rigid flat surface is carried out using the finite element method in steps. A simplified multi-asperity contact model is developed using actual summit radii deduced from the rough surface, applying single asperity contact model results. The resultant contact parameters like contact load, contact area, and contact pressure are compared. The asperity interaction noticed in the deterministic contact model analysis leads to wide disparity in the results. Observing the elastic-plastic transition of the summits and the sharing of contact load and contact area among the summits, modifications are employed in single asperity statistical contact model approaches in the form of a correction factor arising from asperity interaction to reduce the variations. Consequently, the modified statistical contact model and simplified multi-asperity contact model based on actual summit radius results show improved agreement with the deterministic contact model results.

A complete elastic-plastic spherical asperity contact model with the effect of isotropic strain hardening

2020 ◽  
pp. 135065012092989 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Megalingam ◽  
KS Hanumanth Ramji
Keyword(s):  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Poisson’S Ratio ◽  
Combined Effect ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Poisson's Ratio ◽  
Contact Load ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Strain Hardening Rate

Understanding the deformation behavior of rough surface contacts is essential to minimise the tribological consequences of contacts. Mostly, statistical, deterministic and fractal approaches are adopted to explore the contact of rough surfaces. In statistical approach, a single asperity contact model is developed and extended to the whole surface. In the present work, a deformable spherical asperity contact with a rigid flat is modeled and analysed by accounting the combined effect of Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, yield strength and isotropic strain hardening rate using finite element method. The results reveal that the elastic, elastoplastic and plastic contact states are highly influenced by E/Y ratio and strain hardening rate followed by Poisson’s ratio. The dimensionless contact radius is an inadequate parameter to explore the combined effect of material properties. For all E/Y ratio and Poisson’s ratio, as the strain hardening rate increases, the dimensionless contact area decreases for the same dimensionless contact load at elastoplastic and fully plastic contact states. As the strain hardening rate increases, the fully plastic contact state is reached at low dimensionless interference compared to elastic perfectly plastic materials for all E/Y ratio and Poisson’s ratio. For a common elastic-plastic material, empirical relations are developed to calculate the contact load and contact area appropriately with E/Y ratio, Poisson’s ratio and interference ratio as input variables. It can be utilised to study the interaction of rough surface contacts for most of the practical materials.

Effects of Friction on Contact of Transverse Ground Surfaces

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Mann ◽  
T. N. Farris ◽  
S. Chandrasekar
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Material Surface ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Hertz Contact ◽  
Effective Stresses ◽  
Subsurface Stress

The two-dimensional plane-strain sliding contact of a smooth rigid roller on a transverse ground rough surface is analyzed. The rough surface is idealized as an elastic half-space with periodic roughness modeled as cylindrical ridges oriented transverse to the sliding direction. The contact problem is solved using a numerical iterative method in which each asperity contact is treated as a micro-Hertz contact, and the exact treatment of asperity interaction is included. The subsurface stress field is calculated using Westergaard stress functions. The subsequent analysis compares the rough surface stress fields with the corresponding smooth Hertz contact to evaluate the influence of surface roughness and friction on the subsurface stress distributions. The results show that the real area of contact is less than the corresponding smooth surface Hertz contact area, and the magnitude of the actual localized maximum contact pressure is always greater than the corresponding smooth surface contact pressure. The asperity level subsurface effective stresses are greater in magnitude than the maximum subsurface stress due to the macro-Hertz contact for low coefficients of friction, and for high coefficients of friction the maximum effective stresses occur on the bulk material surface.

Stratified effect of continuous bi-Gaussian rough surface on lubrication and asperity contact

2016 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 328-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songtao Hu ◽  
Weifeng Huang ◽  
Noel Brunetiere ◽  
Zhixiang Song ◽  
Xiangfeng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Asperity Contact

Research on the Wet Clutch Engagement Torque

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingying Zhang ◽  
Changle Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Automatic Transmission ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
Real Contact Area ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Time Flow ◽  
Clutch Engagement ◽  
Wet Clutch ◽  
Lubrication Oil ◽  
Engagement Process

The driving performance of the vehicle with automatic transmission is influenced by the performance of the wet clutch directly. But at present it is still a challenge to build a reliable predictable model for the torque of the engagement process of the wet clutch. Focusing on the wet clutch of vehicle, this paper starts from mechanism analysis, and a modified Reynolds equation with the consideration of the centrifugal force of the squeeze-film is established. In the model, we can consider the speeds of the friction and separator plates independently. At the same time, flow factors have been used to research the impacts of rough surface on the flow of the lubrication oil. In the three-dimensional solution domain, the circumferential pressure gradient of lubrication oil is considered. The model is solved with the finite volume method. The simulation of the torque of the asperity contact calculates the real contact area changed with the engagement process, and the microscopic texture direction of rough surface is considered. Subsequently, the squeeze-film flow model is combined with the asperity contact model to create an integrated clutch engagement model. Finally, the influence of applied force, viscosity of lubrication oil, friction material, the depth of grooves and the width of the grooves are investigated. Based on the comparison with the experimental data, the performance of the proposed model is found satisfactory. Because in this model more detail properties of material and geometric features of the friction plate are include, the wet clutch model developed in this research can become a baseline model for the prediction of the engagement behavior of a real wet clutch. The present model may become an efficient alternative to laboratory testing and lead to designs that can not be envisioned by other approaches.

A Two-Dimensional Thermoelastic Rough Surface Contact Model

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Lin ◽  
Timothy C. Ovaert
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Thermal Deformation ◽  
Frictional Heating ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Elastic Deformations ◽  
Steady State Heat ◽  
Steady State Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Influence ◽  
Rough Surface Contact

By taking into account steady-state heat transfer, and surface distortion due to thermal and elastic deformations, a two-dimensional thermoelastic model is developed for rough surface asperity contact, where the thermal influence function connecting the thermal deformation and the contact pressure is derived based on the Dundurs’ theorem. The model has been shown to be accurate at low as well as high frictional heating conditions by comparison with published results. As an application of this model, the contact problem of a cylinder on a random rough surface is studied in detail.

Study on the Normal Contact Stiffness of Rough Surface in Mixed Lubrication

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huifang Xiao ◽  
Yunyun Sun ◽  
Xiaojun Zhou ◽  
Zaigang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Contact Stiffness ◽  
Equivalent Model ◽  
Lubricant Layer ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Normal Contact ◽  
Liquid Lubricant ◽  
Single Asperity ◽  
Rough Surface Contact ◽  
Film Stiffness

In this paper, a general contact stiffness model is proposed to study the mixed lubricated contact between a rough surface and a rigid flat plate, which is the equivalent model for the contact between two rough surfaces and is the general case for engineering contact interfaces. The total interfacial contact stiffness is composed of the dry rough surface contact stiffness and the liquid lubricant contact stiffness. The GW model is used for surface topography description and the contact stiffness of a single asperity is derived from the Hertz contact theory. The whole dry rough contact stiffness is obtained by multiple the single asperity contact stiffness with the number of contact asperities, which is derived based on the statistical model. The liquid film stiffness is derived based on a spring model. The stiffness contributions from the asperity contact part and lubricant layer part are separated and analyzed.

Adhesive Contact on Randomly Rough Surfaces Based on the Double-Hertz Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Fan Jin ◽  
Sulin Zhang ◽  
Xu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Cohesive Zone Model ◽  
Adhesive Contact ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Zone Model ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Dissipation Energy ◽  
Hertz Model ◽  
Flat Surfaces

A cohesive zone model for rough surface adhesion is established by combining the double-Hertz model (Greenwood, J. A., and Johnson, K. L., 1998, “An Alternative to the Maugis Model of Adhesion Between Elastic Spheres,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 31, pp. 3279–3290) and the multiple asperity contact model (Greenwood, J. A., and Williamson, J. B. P., 1966, “Contact of Nominally Flat Surfaces,” Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 295, pp. 300–319). The rough surface is modeled as an ensemble of noninteracting asperities with identical radius of curvature and Gaussian distributed heights. By applying the double-Hertz theory to each individual asperity of the rough surface, the total normal forces for the rough surface are derived for loading and unloading stages, respectively, and a prominent adhesion hysteresis associated with dissipation energy is revealed. A dimensionless Tabor parameter is also introduced to account for general material properties. Our analysis results show that both the total pull-off force and the energy dissipation due to adhesive hysteresis are influenced by the surface roughness only through a single adhesion parameter, which measures statistically a competition between compressive and adhesive forces exerted by asperities with different heights. It is also found that smoother surfaces with a small adhesion parameter result in higher energy dissipation and pull-off force, while rougher surfaces with a large adhesion parameter lead to lower energy dissipation and pull-off force.

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