A numerical model to simulate the transient frictional viscoelastic sliding contact

Dongze WANG; Gregory de BOER; Anne NEVILLE; Ali GHANBARZADEH

doi:10.1007/s40544-023-0783-1

Friction 2024, 12(2): 319-339 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0783-1

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A numerical model to simulate the transient frictional viscoelastic sliding contact

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), Gregory de BOER, Anne NEVILLE, Ali GHANBARZADEH

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

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contact mechanics, viscoelasticity, frictional sliding, viscoelastic friction

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WANG D, BOER Gd, NEVILLE A, et al. A numerical model to simulate the transient frictional viscoelastic sliding contact. Friction, 2024, 12(2): 319-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0783-1

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Sliding motion has always been one of the major concerns when it comes to the analysis of viscoelastic contact problems. A new model simulating the transient sliding contact of smooth viscoelastic surfaces is developed in this paper. By taking the dry contact friction and the coupling between shear tractions and normal pressure into account, the effect of the early partial slip period, which is often neglected in the study of viscoelastic sliding contact problems, is investigated numerically. Compared with solutions based on the frictionless assumption, the steady-state pressure profile is found to be slightly different under the effect of the partial slip regime, including a lower peak pressure and the shift of the contacting region in the direction opposite to the sliding motion. Furthermore, the time required for the viscoelastic contact to reach its steady state is delayed owing to the partial slip period preceding the global sliding motion.

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A numerical model to simulate the transient frictional viscoelastic sliding contact

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Dongze WANG(

), Gregory de BOER, Anne NEVILLE, Ali GHANBARZADEH

School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

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Keywords: contact mechanics, viscoelasticity, frictional sliding, viscoelastic friction

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Received: 07 February 2023

Revised: 01 May 2023

Accepted: 22 May 2023

Published: 29 November 2023

Issue date: February 2024

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The authors are thankful to the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds for supporting this study by funding the Ph.D. studentship of Dongze WANG. This work is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant No. EP/T024542/1) as part of 'STOP fibrous microplastic pollution from textiles by elucidating fibre damage and manufacturing novel textiles’ standard research.

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