Abstract: Coatings are increasingly used to improve the mechanical and tribological behavior of surfaces. It is necessary to develop models to guide the initial choice of coating/substrate combinations ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional model of axisymmetric moving solids submitted to nonaxisymmetric transient heat flux conditions is presented in this paper. Temperature fields are obtained using a new hybrid ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional numerical method for the prediction of transient temperatures reached during realistic braking operations in a ventilated disk brake assembly is presented in this paper. This ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of multiple cracks situated in the contact zone vicinity of an elastic isotropic component, modeled as a half-plane. Friction between the crack faces is taken ...

Abstract: Complex crack networks are initiated in rails under Rolling Contact Fatigue. This paper attempts to model the RCF crack propagation with a particular emphasis on the branching conditions and ...

Abstract: In this paper, the direction of crack growth under fretting fatigue loading is studied through an experimental and theoretical approach. The experimental work enabled the fretting conditions to ...

Abstract: A semianalytical model of multiple fatigue crack analysis in sliding contact is developed. Linear elastic fracture mechanics is applied. Frictional resistance between crack faces is taken into ...

Abstract: The objective of this work has been to study the origin of surface failures in UHMWPE tibial bearings of total knee replacements. Earlier examination of hundreds of retrieved prostheses, along ...