Food oral processing research has attracted a great deal of attention in the last few decades
owing to its paramount importance in governing sensory appreciation and pleasurable …

Food entering the oral cavity undergoes a series of complex processing behaviors. It is
subjected to compression and shearing by the teeth, tongue, and palate to reduce its size …

Quasi-static sliding contact of an axisymmetric convex rigid solid with an adhesive
incompressible polymer layer bonded to a rigid base is considered. As generalizations of …

A generalized numerical methodology is introduced to deal with the lubrication between soft
solids exhibiting linear viscoelastic rheological properties. By means of this approach, it is …

Conventional methods for generating Gaussian random surfaces, including the moving
average (MA) time series model with nonlinear conjugate gradient method (NCGM), two …

Utilizing colloidal probe, lateral force microscopy and simultaneous confocal microscopy,
combined with finite element analysis, we investigate how a microparticle starts moving …

Friction and wear of polyimide tribo-composites when rubbing against various metal alloys,
ie aluminum alloy, bronze and bearing steel, were compared. Results demonstrated that …

The wealth of soft contact tribological (SCT) investigations utilising ball-on-disc tribometers
assume Hertzian contact model to describe substrate deformation. We hypothesise this is …

Squeezing a lubricating film between viscoelastic solids is a process with many applications,
ranging from biomechanics to industrial engineering. The problem is addressed by means of …

Lubricated contacts in soft materials are common in various engineering and natural
settings, such as tires, haptic applications, contact lenses, and the fabrication of soft …