On the load-area relation in rough adhesive contacts
M. Khajeh Salehani (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-7)
J.S. van Dokkum (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-3)
N. Irani (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-7)
Lucia Nicola (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-7, Università degli Studi di Padova)
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Abstract
It is well established that, at small loads, a linear relation exists between contact area and reduced pressure for elastic bodies with non-adhesive rough surfaces. In the case of adhesive contacts, however, there is not yet a general consensus on whether or not linearity still holds. In this work evidence is provided, through numerical simulations, that the relation is non-linear. The simulations here presented can accurately describe contact between self-affine adhesive rough surfaces, since they rely on Green's function molecular dynamics to describe elastic deformation and on coupled phenomenological traction-separation laws for the interfacial interactions. The analysis is performed for two-dimensional compressible and incompressible bodies under plane strain conditions. Interfaces with various roughness parameters and work of adhesion are considered.
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