The knowledge of contact stresses is critical to the design of a tribological element. It is
necessary to keep improving contact models and develop efficient numerical methods for …

The deposition of layers is an effective way to improve the tribological performance of rough
surfaces. The contact mechanics of layered rough surfaces needs to be studied to optimize …

Understanding the characteristics of material contact and lubrication at tribological interfaces
is of great importance to engineering researchers and machine designers. Traditionally …

After a short background history on solid third bodies, this paper proposes a tribological
approach for understanding how a contact takes place when first bodies are in relative …

Multilayer coatings are often seen in surface engineering for surface modifications. Optimal
design of the multilayered materials requires the understanding of their mechanical …

A friction energy formalism is considered and adapted to formalize the fretting wear
responses of adhesive wear and non-adhesive wear interfaces. It is shown that for non …

This paper proposes an efficient contact model for a viscoelastic layered half-space where
coating and substrate have different creep functions (ie different viscoelastic behaviours) …

This paper develops a fast semi-analytical model for solving the three-dimensional elasto-
plastic contact problems involving layered materials using the Equivalent Inclusion Method …

The fast Fourier transform (FFT) technique is becoming an important tool in tribological
modeling because an FFT-based algorithm can be extremely accurate and efficient …

Multilayer coatings offer a possibility to design the surface according to the different
requirements, which attracts intense attentions from engineering and research community …