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 …

This paper presents an analytical description of frictional contact hysteresis behavior
between two flat rough surfaces in partial and gross slip. Couplings between shear and …

(CrMoNbTaZr) NX coatings were deposited on Si (100) by magnetron sputtering under
various N2/(Ar+ N2) flow ratios. An X-ray diffractometer, transmission electron microscopy …

Interfacial performances are dissimilar due to the different surface topographies and
materials. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of the surface topography on the contact …

This research investigates the mixed lubrication of anisotropic non-Gaussian rough
surfaces. An adaptive fluid Reynolds equation is proposed, which takes into account …

The discrete element method (DEM) is seeing widespread use in geotechnical applications
and it is generally acknowledged that the validity of DEM simulations involving this class of …

An analytical ploughing model is used to compute the forces on a rigid, elliptical, ie ellipsoid
and elliptic-paraboloid shaped, asperity sliding through a rigid-plastic substrate as a function …

Understanding the contact behaviors of rock joint is of fundamental importance in many rock
engineering practices. Most of the available contact models rely on the spatial features of …

When two rough surfaces contact under normal static and dynamic forces, the contact
damping is an important parameter for the vibration reduction. In this paper, a normal contact …

Thermal conductivity of ground has a great influence on the performance of Ground Heat
Exchangers (GHEs). In general, the ground thermal conductivity significantly depends on the …