THE “SPORT” OF ROUGH CONTACTS AND THE FRACTAL PARADOX IN WEAR LAWS

In a recent paper in Science, namely, “The Contact Sport of Rough Surfaces”, Carpick summarizes recent efforts in a “contact challenge” to predict in detail an elastic contact between the mathematically defined fractal rough surfaces under (very little) adhesion. He also suggests the next steps that...

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Main Authors: Michele Ciavarella, Antonio Papangelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Niš 2018-02-01
Series:Facta Universitatis. Series: Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUMechEng/article/view/3555