A MODIFIED COMPLETE NORMAL CONTACT STIFFNESS MODEL OF A FRACTAL SURFACE CONSIDERING CONTACT FRICTION

Fractals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050081
Author(s):  
CHUNLING WEI ◽  
HUA ZHU ◽  
SHIHUI LANG

This paper presents a modified complete normal contact stiffness model of a fractal surface considering contact friction. We use this model to study the influence of fractal dimensions and fractal roughness on normal contact stiffness. The fractal micro-contact model of an asperity and the complete length scale contact model of fractal surface (both contrasting classical mechanics) are revised. The influence of frictional resistance at micro-contact interfaces on normal contact stiffness is also considered. Predictions of the new model are found to be in greater agreement with the results of the experiments than the predictions of the original model. The study analyzes the influence of fractal dimensions and fractal roughness on the normal contact stiffness. With the increase of these two fractal parameters, their influences on the normal contact stiffness are opposite and are different under high pressure and low pressure.

Author(s):  
Yongquan Zhang ◽  
Hong Lu ◽  
Xinbao Zhang ◽  
He Ling ◽  
Wei Fan ◽  
...  

Considering the rough surface as a fractal model makes the research of contact parameters more practical. In the fractal model of the machined surface, the parameters describing the surface topography are independent of the measurement resolution. Based on the elastic, elasto-plastic and plastic deformations of a single pair of contact asperities, a normal contact stiffness model using the fractal model for surface topography description is proposed in this paper. The specimens machined by milling and grinding methods are used to verify the proposed contact stiffness model based on the fractal theory. The experimental and theoretical results indicate that the proposed contact stiffness model is appropriate for the machined joint surfaces.


Author(s):  
Kaian Liu ◽  
Yingqiang Xu ◽  
Zhenghai Wu ◽  
Li Xiao

In order to analyze the evolution of normal contact stiffness under loading and unloading, an accurate elastic-plastic contact finite element model between rigid plane and fractal surface is established by introducing the equivalent metal matrix deformation in terms of the modified Weierstrass-Mandelbrot function. The effects of the fractal dimension, scale parameter, material properties on the normal contact stiffness were discussed. A method for evaluating the normal contact stiffness was proposed to analyze the evolution of the normal contact stiffness. Numerical simulation shows that there is a positive power function relationship between the normal contact stiffness and the load of fractal surface. Under the same load, at the fractal dimensions (D) of 2.4-2.7 and scale parameters (G) of 1.36×10-13-1.36×10-10 m, the loading normal contact stiffness increases with the increasing of fractal dimension and tangent modulus, but decreases with the increasing of scale parameter. The unloading normal contact stiffness increases with the material strengthening, and the variation amplitude is positively correlated with the fractal dimension, and negatively correlated with the scale parameters and tangent modulus.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 168781402110549
Author(s):  
Tieneng Guo ◽  
Xu Hua ◽  
Zhijie Yan ◽  
Lingjun Meng ◽  
Liwei Peng

Based on Hertz contact theory, two parabolic cylinder normal contact models are established. The effect of contact angle on normal approach, actual contact area, and normal contact stiffness are investigated, and the effect of the distance from the focus to the directrix (focus distance) on the mechanical characteristics of the models is further analyzed. The parabolic cylinder contact model was verified by simulation analysis and comparison with cylinder contact model. The results demonstrated that the contact angle, focal distance, and load have significant effects on the mechanical properties of the model. The simulation data are basically consistent with the contact model data, and the parabolic cylinder contact model and cylinder contact model have the same change trend. The results verify the correctness of the parabolic cylinder contact model and reveal the variation of the mechanical properties of the contact model.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Linbo Zhu ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Zaoxiao Zhang ◽  
Jun Hong

Abstract. A normal contact stiffness model considering 3D topography and elastic–plastic contact of rough surfaces is presented in this paper. The asperities are generated from the measured surfaces using the watershed segmentation and a modified nine-point rectangle. The topography parameters, including the asperity locations, heights, and radii of the summit, are obtained. Asperity shoulder–shoulder contact is considered. The relationship of the contact parameters, such as the contact force, the deformation, and the mean separation of two surfaces, is modelled in the three different contact regimes, namely elastic, elastic–plastic and fully plastic. The asperity contact state is determined, and if the contact occurs, the stiffness of the single asperity pair is calculated and summed as the total normal stiffness of two contact surfaces. The developed model is validated using experimental tests conducted on two types of specimens and is compared with published theoretical models.


Author(s):  
Jingfang Shen ◽  
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Sijie Cheng ◽  
Siyan Wang ◽  
Wenwei Liu ◽  
...  

Stiffness characterization of mechanical interfaces is quite crucial for the analysis of several tribological behaviors. The stiffness of different machine tools varies greatly, particularly for computer numerical control machine. Therefore, this research aims at providing an assessment of influence factors for stiffness of joint interfaces theoretically. Based on fractal roughness parameters independent of scale and contact mechanics theory, the contact area of joint interface is studied, and the multi-scale normal contact stiffness model and multi-scale tangential contact stiffness model are proposed. Meanwhile, the problem of the deformation of any contact asperity is considered as three separate regimes. The laws of area-displacement and force-displacement under elastic-plastic regime are established. The transition which is in the deformation mechanism of asperity from elastic to plastic is consistent with classical contact mechanics. The analysis of numerical calculation results indicates the approximate linear relation among dimensionless normal load and key parameters. Moreover, these key parameters have been divided into two main categories for the multiscale model of joint interfaces, one is fractal parameters such as fractal dimension D and fractal roughness parameter G, and the other is interfacial parameters. In addition, tangential load and friction factor are two important factors to the tangential stiffness.


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