Plastic deformation and contact area of an elastic–plastic contact of ellipsoid bodies after unloading

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1311-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Jamari ◽  
D.J. Schipper
2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Po Lin ◽  
Jen Fin Lin

The determination of the elastoplastic deformation regime arising at the microcontact of a deformable ellipsoid and a rigid smooth flat was the main purpose of this study. One-eighth of an ellipsoid and a flat plate were taken as the contact bodies in the finite element analysis, and a mesh scheme of multisize elements was applied. Two observed phenomena regarding the contact pressures and the equivalent von Mises stresses formed at the contact area are given in order to identify the inception of the fully plastic deformation regime of an ellipsoid with an ellipticity ke. If the ellipticity (k) of an elliptical contact area is defined as the length ratio of the minor axis to the major axis, it is asymptotic to the ke value when the interference is sufficiently increased, irrespective of the ke value. The dimensionless interference regime associated with the elastoplastic deformation regime is narrowed by increasing the ellipticity of the ellipsoid (ke). Significant differences in the microcontact parameters such as the contact pressure, the contact area, and the contact load were found to be a function of the interference and the ke parameter of an ellipsoid. The interferences corresponding to the inceptions of the elastoplastic and fully plastic deformation regimes are both increased if the ke value is lowered. The interference, the contact area, and the contact load predicted by the present model for the behavior demonstrated at the inception of the elastoplastic deformation regime are lower than those obtained from the Horng model (Horng, J. H., 1998, “An Elliptical Elastic-Plastic Asperity Microcontact Model for Rough Surfaces,” ASME J. Tribol., 120, pp. 82–88) and the Jeng-Wang model (Jeng, Y. R., and Wang, P. Y., 2003, “An Elliptical Microcontact Model Considering Elastic, Elastoplastic, and Plastic Deformation,” ASME J. Tribol., 125, pp. 232–240). Big differences in the results of the average contact pressure, the contact area, and the contact load among the above microcontact models are discussed. The discrepancies are also explained from the developments of these models and boundary conditions set for the elastoplastic deformation regime.


2013 ◽  
Vol 644 ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wang ◽  
Yang Xiang

Elastic-plastic deformation analysis of the deformable sphere and the rigid plane was studied using the finite element software,this paper was focused on the impact of the friction effects on the deformation of the elastic-plastic deformation under considering the material strain stiffening properties,studies have shown that,the strain stiffening feature increases the contact load while reducing the contact area,the friction effect reduce both the contact load and contact area during elastic-plastic deformation process of the deformable sphere with increasing contact interference.


2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqin Wen ◽  
Jin Yuan Tang

Purpose This paper aims to study the contact between rough cylindrical surfaces considering the elastic-plastic deformation of asperities. Design/methodology/approach The elastic deformation of the nominal surface of the curved surface is considered, the contact area is discretized by the calculus thought and then the nominal distance between two surfaces is obtained by iteration after the pressure distribution is assumed. On the basis of the Zhao, Maietta and Chang elastic-plastic model, the contact area and the contact pressure of the rough cylindrical surfaces are calculated by the integral method, and then the solution for the contact between rough cylindrical surfaces is obtained. Findings The contact characteristic parameters of smooth surface Hertz contact, elastic contact and elastic-plastic contact between rough cylindrical surfaces are calculated under different plastic indexes and loads, and the calculation results are compared and analyzed. The analysis shows that the solution considering the elastic-plastic deformation of asperities for the contact between rough cylindrical surfaces is scientific and rational. Originality/value This paper provides a new effective method for the calculation of the contact between rough cylindrical surfaces.


2006 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 334-338
Author(s):  
Z. Dreija ◽  
O. Liniņš ◽  
Fr. Sudnieks ◽  
N. Mozga

The present work deals with the computation of surface stresses and deformation in the presence of friction. The evaluation of the elastic-plastic contact is analyzed revealing three distinct stages that range from fully elastic through elastic-plastic to fully plastic contact interface. Several factors of sliding friction model are discussed: surface roughness, mechanical properties and contact load and areas that have strong effect on the friction force. The critical interference that marks the transition from elastic to elastic- plastic and plastic deformation is found out and its connection with plasticity index. A finite element program for determination contact analysis of the assembled details and due to details of deformation that arose a normal and tangencial stress is used.


2021 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 103876
Author(s):  
Qi-lin Xiong ◽  
Zhenhuan Li ◽  
Takahiro Shimada ◽  
Takayuki Kitamura

Author(s):  
T Stewart ◽  
Z M Jin ◽  
D Shaw ◽  
D D Auger ◽  
M Stone ◽  
...  

The tibio-femoral contact area in five current popular total knee joint replacements has been measured using pressure-sensitive film under a normal load of 2.5 kN and at several angles of flexion The corresponding maximum contact pressure has been estimated from the measured contact areas and found to exceed the point at which plastic deformation is expected in the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) component particularly at flexion angles near 90°. The measured contact area and the estimated maximum contact stress have been found to be similar in magnitude for all of the five knee joint replacements tested. A significant difference, however, has been found in maximum contact pressure predicted from linear elasticity analysis for the different knee joints. This indicates that varying amounts of plastic deformation occurred in the polyethylene component in the different knee designs. It is important to know the extent of damage as knees with large amounts of plastic deformation are more likely to suffer low cycle fatigue failure. It is therefore concluded that the measurement of contact areas alone can be misleading in the design of and deformation in total knee joint replacements. It is important to modify geometries to reduce the maximum contact stress as predicted from the linear elasticity analysis, to below the linear elastic limit of the plastic component.


Author(s):  
B. Poon ◽  
D. Rittel ◽  
G. Ravichandran

The paper reexamines the extraction of material properties using nanoindentation for linearly elastic and elastic-plastic materials. The paper considers indentation performed using a rigid conical indenter, as follows. Linearly elastic solids: The reduction of nanoindentation test data of elastic solids is usually processed using Sneddon’s relation [1], which assumes a linearly elastic infinite half space and an infinitely sharp indenter tip. These assumptions are violated in practical indentation experiments. Since most of the research on the extraction of material properties relies heavily on numerical simulations, we used them to investigate the specimen dimensions required for it to qualify as an infinite body, and the indentation conditions for finite tip radius effect to be negligible. The outcome of this part is firstly, the definition of a “converged” 2D geometry so that additional magnification of the numerical model does not influence the load-displacement curve, and secondly, an explicit relationship between the measured load and displacement that takes into account the finite tip radius. Elastic-plastic solids: Here, the main data reduction technique was proposed by Pharr et al. [2], assuming elastic unloading of a plastic nanoindentation. We investigated the effects of finite tip radius in elastic-plastic indentations and found that the accuracy of the prediction is currently limited by the accurate determination of the projected contact area. This point will be discussed and a new experimental technique to measure the projected contact area will be proposed. The Poisson’s ratio effect in elastic-plastic indentations is found to be different from the linearly elastic case. This leads to the discussion on the applicability of the correction factor (for Poisson’s ratio effect) derived in linear elastic indentations, on elastic-plastic indentations. Finally, a technique to obtain an upper bound estimate of the yield stress for the indented elastic-plastic material (which is an exact estimation for non-hardening materials), will be presented.


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