In typical metallic contacts, stresses are very high and result in yielding of the material.
Therefore, the study of contacts which include simultaneous elastic and plastic deformation …

Contact and friction are closely related as friction cannot happen without contact. They are
widely used in mechanical engineering, traffic, and other fields. The real contact surface is …

Abstract The Greenwood–Williamson (GW) model has been one of the commonly used
contact models to study rough surface contact problems during the past decades. While this …

A long-standing debate and challenge in contact mechanics is to confirm the linearity
between the real contact area and load on rough surfaces as well as its proportionality …

A novel three-dimensional fractal model for normal contact stiffness is proposed in this
paper. First of all, a hypothetical surface based on axisymmetric cosinusoidal asperity is …

A new numerical model is proposed to investigate the normal contact of multilayered solids
with rough surfaces. The Hankel transform and the transfer matrix technique are used to …

Closed-form finite-element empirical models are available for elastic and elastic–plastic
spherical and sinusoidal contact. However, some of these models do not consider the effect …

We present a comprehensive investigation of the adhesive rubber-solid contact problem by
analytical and numerical methods. Theories of rubber friction are reviewed and a new …

This paper introduces a model for characterizing the contact behavior of irregular asperities,
transforming it into a superposition of sinusoidal asperity contact behaviors. A new …

This paper presents the experimental and finite element analysis of surface asperity
geometry during the running-in phase of rolling contact. Previous research efforts typically …