Surface coating on metal substrates has remained a difficult challenge for researchers due
to the conflicting requirements for different properties. In recent years, due to their …

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) of sprayed coating is complicated process relating to materials,
structures, loading conditions, etc. Herein, the research works over the past decades in RCF …

A multi-layered model for sliding frictional contact analysis of functionally graded materials
(FGMs) with arbitrarily varying shear modulus under plane strain-state deformation has been …

A multi-layered model for frictionless contact analysis of functionally graded materials
(FGMs) with arbitrarily varying elastic modulus under plane strain-state deformation has …

Graded materials, also known as functionally graded materials (FGMs), are generally two-
phase composites with continuously varying volume fractions. Used as coatings and …

In this study, a two dimensional model of receding contact problem has been analyzed using
finite element method (FEM) based software ANSYS and ABAQUS. For this aim finite …

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

The contact problem for two deformable solids with FGM coatings is considered. The
problem is considered under the assumption of plane strain, Coulomb friction and linear …

The problem of thermoelastic contact mechanics for the coating/substrate system with
functionally graded properties is investigated, where the rigid flat punch is assumed to slide …

This study investigates the plane frictional contact problem of a cylindrical punch on a
functionally graded orthotropic medium (FGOM). Both analytical and computational methods …