Elastic Contact of Rough Surfaces Subject to Combined Force and Moment

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehri ◽  
Kambiz Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Half Plane ◽  
Normal Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Elastic Contact ◽  
Force Component ◽  
Angular Misalignment ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Applied Forces

In this paper we consider the contact between two rectangular rough surfaces that provide normal and tangential contact forces, as well as contact moment, to counteract the net moment imposed by the applied forces. The surfaces are permitted to develop a slight angular misalignment, and thereby contact moment is derived. Through this scheme it is possible to also define elastic contribution to friction, since the half-plane tangential contact force on one side of an asperity is no longer balanced by the half-plane tangential force component on the opposite side. The elastic friction force, however, is shown to be of a much smaller order than the contact normal force.

scholarly journals Closed-Form Equations for Contact Force and Moment in Elastic Contact of Rough Surfaces

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehri ◽  
Kambiz Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Half Plane ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Normal Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Compressive Load ◽  
Angular Misalignment ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Applied Forces

It is reasonable to expect that, when two nominally flat rough surfaces are brought into contact by an applied resultant force, they must support, in addition to the compressive load, an induced moment. The existence of a net applied moment would imply noneven distribution of contact force so that there are more asperities in contact over one region of the nominal area. In this paper, we consider the contact between two rectangular rough surfaces that provide normal and tangential contact force as well as contact moment to counteract the net moment imposed by the applied forces. The surfaces are permitted to develop slight angular misalignment, and thereby contact moment is derived. Through this scheme, it is possible to also define elastic contribution to friction since the half-plane tangential contact force on one side of an asperity is no longer balanced by the half-plane tangential force component on the opposite side. The elastic friction force, however, is shown to be of a much smaller order than the contact normal force. Approximate closed-form equations are found for contact force and moment for the contact of rough surfaces.

Contact Moment and Friction Force in Elastic Contact of Two Rough Surfaces

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sepehri ◽  
K. Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Half Plane ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Normal Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Compressive Load ◽  
Angular Misalignment ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Applied Forces

It is reasonable to expect that when two nominally flat rough surfaces are brought into contact by an applied resultant force, they must support, in addition to the compressive load, an induced moment. The existence of a net applied moment would imply non-even distribution of contact force so that there are more asperities in contact over one region of the nominal area. In this paper we consider the contact between two rectangular rough surfaces that provide normal and tangential contact force as well as contact moment to counteract the net moment imposed by the applied forces. The surfaces are permitted to develop slight angular misalignment and through this contact moment is derived. Through this scheme it is possible to also define elastic contribution to friction since the half-plane tangential contact force on one side of an asperity is no longer balanced by the half-plane tangential force component on the opposite side. The elastic friction force however is shown to be of a much smaller order than the contact normal force.

Moment and Friction Force in Three Dimensional Elastic Contact of Two Rectangular Rough Surfaces

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sepehri ◽  
K. Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Half Plane ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Compressive Load ◽  
Angular Misalignment ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Applied Forces

It is reasonable to expect that when two nominally flat rough surfaces are brought into contact by an applied resultant force, they must support, in addition to the compressive load, an induced moment. The existence of a net applied moment would imply non-even distribution of contact force so that there are more asperities in contact over one region of the nominal area. In this paper we consider the contact between two rectangular rough surfaces that provide normal and tangential contact force as well as contact moment to counteract the net moment imposed by the applied forces. The surfaces are permitted to develop slight angular misalignment and through this contact moment is derived. Through this scheme it is possible to also define elastic contribution to friction since the half-plane tangential contact force on one side of an asperity is no longer balanced by the half-plane tangential force component on the opposite side. The elastic friction force however is shown to be of a much smaller order than the contact normal force.

Contact of Rough Surfaces: Combined Elastic and Rate-Dependent Effects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehri ◽  
Kambiz Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Half Plane ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Approximation Error ◽  
Tangential Velocity ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Force Components ◽  
Approximate Equations

Approximate closed form equations are found for normal and tangential contact forces of rough surfaces in dry friction. Using a viscoelastic asperity behavior, mathematical formulae are derived for normal and tangential components of the contact force that depend not only on the separation of the two surfaces but also the rate of approach and relative sliding. The tangential force over a half-plane, corresponding to the moving direction, is found accounting for the directionality of the tangential component of asperity forces. A statistical approach is forwarded in which dependence of the asperity normal and tangential contact force on relative tangential velocity of two asperities can presented as corrective factors in the mathematical description of normal and tangential force components. These are force directionality corrective coefficient and force-velocity directionality corrective coefficient. Two sets of approximate equations are found for each of the normal and half-plane tangential force components. The simplest forms of the approximate equations achieve accuracy to within five (5) percent error, while other forms yield approximation error within 0.2 percent.

Combined Force and Moment in a Three Dimensional Model of Elastic Contact of Nominally Flat Rough Surfaces

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sepehri ◽  
K. Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Half Plane ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Applied Forces ◽  
Approximate Equations

In this paper we consider the contact between two rectangular rough surfaces that provide normal and tangential contact force as well as contact moment to counteract the net moment imposed by the applied forces. The surfaces are permitted to develop slight angular misalignment and thereby contact moment is derived. Through this scheme it is possible to also define elastic contribution to friction since the half-plane tangential contact force on one side of an asperity is no longer balanced by the half-plane tangential force component on the opposite side. The elastic friction force however is shown to be of a much smaller order than the contact normal force. Approximate closed form equations are found for contact force and moment as functions of separation, asperity radius of curvature sum, mean plane slope and nominal contact dimension. The approximate equations are shown to give error within seven percent.

Viscoelastic Contact of Nominally Flat Rough Surfaces

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Farhang ◽  
A. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Tangential Velocity ◽  
Surface Profile ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Profile Measurement ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Corrective Factor ◽  
Percent Accuracy

Approximate closed-form equations are derived for normal and tangential contact forces of rough surfaces in dry friction. Using an extension of the Greenwood and Tripp model, in which the derivations permit asperity shoulder-to-shoulder contact and viscoelastic asperity behavior. Mathematical formulae are derived for normal and tangential components of the contact force that depend not only on the proximity of the two surfaces but also the rate of approach and relative sliding. A statistical approach is forwarded in which dependence of the asperity tangential contact force on relative tangential velocity of two asperities can be cast as a corrective factor in the mathematical description of tangential force. In this regard two corrective coefficients are derived: force directionality corrective coefficient and force-velocity directionality corrective coefficient. The results show that for a moderate to high load ranges the contact force can be analytically described to within 20 percent accuracy, well below the uncertainties due to surface profile measurement.

A Kinetic Friction Model for Viscoelastic Contact of Nominally Flat Rough Surfaces

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 684-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Farhang ◽  
A. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Tangential Velocity ◽  
Surface Profile ◽  
Friction Model ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Profile Measurement ◽  
Tangential Contact ◽  
Force Velocity

Approximate closed-form equations are derived for normal and tangential contact forces of rough surfaces in dry friction. Using an extension of the Greenwood and Tripp (1970, Proc, Inst. Mech. Eng., 185, pp. 625–633) model, in which the derivations permit asperity shoulder-to-shoulder contact and viscoelastic asperity behavior, mathematical formulae are derived for normal and tangential components of the contact force that depend not only on the proximity of the two surfaces but also the rate of approach and relative sliding. A statistical approach is forwarded in which dependence of the asperity tangential contact force on relative tangential velocity of two asperities can be cast as corrective factors in the mathematical description of tangential force. In this regard two corrective coefficients are derived: force directionality corrective coefficient and force–velocity directionality corrective coefficient. The results show that for a moderate to high load ranges the contact force can be analytically described to within 20% accuracy of that from a numerical integration of the contact equations, well below the uncertainties due to surface profile measurement.

A New Model of Local Elastic Deflections in Grinding

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Saini
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Normal Force ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Force Component ◽  
Workpiece Material ◽  
Direct Function ◽  
New Model ◽  
Single Grain

Mathematical models describing the deflection behavior of the wheel-work contact presented so far are based on the assumption that contact deflections are a direct function of the normal force on the wheel or the grains during grinding. This paper presents experimental results showing the evidence of a new mechanism of contact deflections due to the rotation of grain as a result of the tangential force component. In this perspective, a new model which considers the deflections due to both the normal and the tangential force is proposed and developed with the assumption of elasto-plastic deformation of the workpiece material around the grain during cutting. The model is shown to be consistent with experimental deflections obtained from single grain cutting on mild steel and EN25 steel specimens.

Contact Model of Two Rough Surfaces Based on a Visco-Elasto-Adhesive Interaction

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehri ◽  
Kambiz Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Normal Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Force Component ◽  
Adhesive Interaction ◽  
Normal Contact ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Statistical Consideration ◽  
Adhesive Forces

Mathematical formulae are derived for normal contact force component between two nominally flat rough surfaces. The development of the contact model is based on the asperity level interaction in which adhesive forces between two asperities as well as elastic and rate-dependent forces are included. Statistical consideration of rough surfaces yields the mathematical formulation of total normal force due to adhesion, elastic and rate-dependent properties of the surfaces in contact.

Closed-Form Equations for Three Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Contact of Nominally Flat Rough Surfaces

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sepehri ◽  
Kambiz Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Tangential Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Tangential Direction ◽  
Asperity Contact ◽  
Force Component ◽  
Elastic Plastic ◽  
Functional Forms

Approximate closed-form equations governing the shoulder-shoulder contact of asperities are derived based on a generalization by Chang, Etsion, and Bogy. The work entails the consideration of asperity shoulder-shoulder contact in which the volume conservation is assumed in the plastic flow regime. Shoulder-shoulder asperity contact gives rise to a slanted contact force comprising tangential and normal components. Each force component comprises elastic and plastic terms, which upon statistical summation yields the force component for the elastic and plastic forces for the contact of two rough surfaces. Half-plane tangential force due to elastic-plastic contact is derived through the statistical summation of tangential force component along an arbitrary tangential direction. Two sets of equations are found. In the first set of equations the functional forms are simpler and provide approximation of contact force to within 9%. The second set is enhanced equations derived from the first set of approximate equations that achieve an accuracy of within 0.2%.

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