Wear is a process of gradual removal of a material from surfaces of solids subject to contact
and sliding. Damages of contact surfaces are results of wear. They can have various …

Contact mechanics has its application in many engineering problems. No one can walk
without frictional contact, and no car would move for the same reason. Hence contact …

The mathematical theory of contact mechanics is a growing field in engineering and
scientific computing. This book is intended as a unified and readily accessible source for …

Since hot sheet metal forming has become a key technology to produce high strength steel
parts for modern automotive construction, detailed knowledge of tribological behaviour of …

This book is an outgrowth of my involvement in two groups of research in solid mechanics,
created in 1960 for the French nuclear energy program. At this time, it was decided that …

The constitutive equations for the irreversible mechanical phenomena, eg the plastic
deformation and the sliding between solids with the friction have been studied over the …

A series of tests on the friction and wear behaviour of pure carbon strip/copper contact wire
with alternating current were conducted on a ring-on-block sliding tester at a high speed …

The accurate description of friction is critical in the finite element (FE) simulation of the sheet
metal forming process. Usually, friction is oversimplified through the use of a constant …

In the hot forging industry, die life is an important process factor because of the cost involved
in lost production, replacement of die blocks and operative handling of the dies. There is still …

The finite element method (FEM) is a widely used numerical scheme to solve complex
partial differential equations stemming from science and engineering. Contact mechanics is …