An Elastic-plastic Spherical Contact Model under Combined Normal and Tangential Loading Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • In this work, by utilizing the shear strength criterion for the sliding inception, a finite element model for obliquely loaded spherical contact has been developed, which realized a friction transition from perfect slip case to full stick case with increasing normal approach. Both tangential force and normal force during tangential loading were investigated using different models. It was found that with elastic-plastic normal displacement preload, there is an obvious normal force release during tangential loading. Furthermore, both Coulomb friction model and the proposed model predict a lower tangential force at the same tangential displacement compared to the full stick model. However, the Coulomb friction is more empirically determined with some arbitrary friction coefficient whereas the proposed model is based on physics parameters.

name of conference

  • ASME/STLE 2011 Joint Tribology Conference

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/STLE INTERNATIONAL JOINT TRIBOLOGY CONFERENCE - 2011

author list (cited authors)

  • Wu, A., Shi, X. i., & Polycarpou, A. A.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Wu, Aizhong||Shi, Xi||Polycarpou, Andreas A

publication date

  • January 2012