A Comparative Study on Equivalent Modeling of Rough Surfaces Contact

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Shi ◽  
Yunwu Zou
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Sliding Contact ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Surface Model ◽  
Normal Contact ◽  
Surface Contact ◽  
Rough Surface Contact

Greenwood and Tripp (GT model) have proposed that the contact analysis of two rough surfaces (two-rough-surface contact model) could be considered as an equivalent rough surface in contact with a rigid flat (single-rough-surface contact model). In this paper, by virtue of finite element method, the normal contact analysis was performed with two-rough-surface contact model and its equivalent single-rough-surface contact model, and it was verified that the resultant normal contact forces are in good agreement with each other for these two models, meanwhile the equivalent stress is a little bit lower for two-rough-surface model due to shoulder-to-shoulder contact. In contrast, the sliding contact analysis was also performed with these two models, respectively, and the results show a great disparity with each other in all contact parameters due to the strong plowing effects in two-rough-surface model. Therefore, this equivalence approach proposed by Greenwood and Tripp is only valid for normal contact of rough surfaces and not valid for sliding contact.

A Reconstruction and Contact Analysis Method of Three-Dimensional Rough Surface Based on Ellipsoidal Asperity

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqin Wen ◽  
Jinyuan Tang ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Lin Li
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Minimum Mean Square Error ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Surface Asperity ◽  
Surface Contact ◽  
Rough Surface Contact

Abstract The 3D rough surface modeling and contact analysis is a difficult problem in the study of rough surface contact. In this paper, a new method for reconstruction and contact analysis of asperities on 3D rough surfaces is proposed based on real rough surfaces. Watershed algorithm is used to segment and determine the area of asperities on the rough surface. According to the principle of minimum mean square error, ellipsoid fitting is carried out on asperities. Based on the elastic-plastic contact model of a single ellipsoidal asperity, a stable and efficient method for 3D rough surface contact analysis and calculation is proposed. Compared with existing calculating methods, the present method has the following characteristics: (1) the constructed surface asperity is closer to the real asperity in contact, and the calculation of asperity parameters has better stability under different sampling intervals and (2) the contact pressure, contact area, and other contact parameters of the 3D rough surface are calculated with high accuracy and efficiency, and the calculation convergence is desirable. The reconstruction and contact analysis method of the 3D rough surface asperity proposed in this paper provides a more accurate reconstruction and calculation method for the study of contact fatigue life and wear failure of rough surfaces.

Lubrication of Rough Surfaces by a Boundary Film-Forming Viscosity Modifier Additive

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Glovnea ◽  
A. V. Olver ◽  
H. A. Spikes
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Viscosity Index ◽  
Functionalized Polymers ◽  
Contact Conditions ◽  
Film Forming ◽  
Boundary Film ◽  
Surface Contact ◽  
Lubricated Contact ◽  
Rough Surface Contact

In previous work it was shown that some functionalized polymers used as viscosity index improvers are able to form thick boundary lubricating films. This behavior results from adsorption of the polymer on metal surfaces to form a layer of enhanced viscosity adjacent to the surface. In the current work the behavior of one such polymer in rough surface contact conditions is studied, using both model and real rough surfaces. It is found that the polymer is able to form a thick boundary film in rough surface contact, just as it does with smooth surfaces. It is also shown that the effect of this boundary film is to significantly reduce friction in rolling-sliding, rough surface, lubricated contact.

Rough Surface Contact of Curved Conformal Surfaces: An Application to Rotor–Stator Rub

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Varney ◽  
Itzhak Green
Keyword(s):  
Rough Surface ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Contact Stiffness ◽  
Point Contact ◽  
Contact Model ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Real Surface ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Surface Contact ◽  
Rough Surface Contact

Rotating machines and associated triboelements are ubiquitous in industrial society, playing a central role in power generation, transportation, and manufacturing. Unfortunately, these systems are susceptible to undesirable contact (i.e., rub) between the rotor and stator, which is both costly and dangerous. These adverse effects can be alleviated by properly applying accurate real-time diagnostics. The first step toward accurate diagnostics is developing rotor–stator rub models which appropriately emulate reality. Previous rotor–stator rub models disavow the contact physics by reducing the problem to a single esoteric linear contact stiffness occurring only at the point of maximum rotor radial deflection. Further, the contact stiffness is typically chosen arbitrarily, and as such provides no additional insight into the contacting surfaces. Here, a novel rotor–stator rub model is developed by treating the strongly conformal curved surfaces according to their actual nature: a collection of stochastically distributed asperities. Such an approach is advantageous in that it relies on real surface measurements to quantify the contact force rather than a heuristic choice of linear contact stiffness. Specifically, the elastoplastic Jackson–Green (JG) rough surface contact model is used to obtain the quasistatic contact force versus rotor radial deflection; differences and similarities in contact force between the linear elastic contact model (LECM) and JG model are discussed. Furthermore, the linear elastic model's point contact assumption is assessed and found to be inaccurate for systems with small clearances. Finally, to aid in computational efficiency in future rotordynamic simulation, a simple exponential curve fit is proposed to approximate the JG force–displacement relationship.

The Contact of Two Nominally Flat Rough Surfaces

1970 ◽  
Vol 185 (1) ◽  
pp. 625-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Greenwood ◽  
J. H. Tripp
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Deformation Mode ◽  
Surface Model ◽  
Geometrical Properties ◽  
Rough Plane ◽  
Surface Contact ◽  
Compliance Curve

Most models of surface contact consider the surface roughness to be on one of the contacting surfaces only. The authors give a general theory of contact between two rough plane surfaces. They show that the important results of the previous models are unaffected: in particular, the load and the area of contact remain almost proportional, independently of the detailed mechanical and geometrical properties of the asperities. Further, a single-rough-surface model can always be found which will predict the same laws as a given two-rough-surface model, although the required model may be unrealistic. It does not seem possible to deduce the asperity shape or deformation mode from the load-compliance curve.

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