When two bodies are in contact, various surface/subsurface damage problems may arise,
which significantly shorten the service lives of functional components. These damage …

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 …

Assembly precision analysis is one of the fundamental technologies used for controlling the
assembly quality of products. Existing assembly precision analysis methods focus on …

A new contact stiffness model for the rough surface with different machining textures is
established. The studied surface consists of regular surface machining texture in the global …

A novel multi-stage contact model of fractal rough surfaces is proposed in this paper. Actual
asperity deformation depending on contact degree is derived at length scale, based on …

We present a newly developed approach for the calculation of interfacial stiffness and
contact area evolution between two rough bodies exhibiting self-affine surface structures …

Frictional interfaces play an important role on the dynamic response of jointed structures. To
accurately predict the dynamics of jointed structures, the phenomenological Iwan-type …

Tribological phenomena are governed by combined effects of material properties, topology
and surface-chemistry. We study the interplay of multiscale surface structures with molecular …

The real contact area and separation between rough surfaces are significant parameters in
sealing, tribology, and lubrication. However, it is challenging to experimentally observe the …

The assembly precision of mechanical products is closely related to the morphology of the
mating surface. In order to predict the assembly accuracy of high precision mechanical …