Abstract: A plane-strain finite element analysis for patterned elastic-plastic layered media was performed in order to elucidate the effect of surface geometry on the deformation and stress fields due to ...

Abstract: Surface cracking in a multi-layered medium due to sliding of a rigid asperity was analyzed using linear elastic fracture mechanics and the finite element method. Overlapping of the crack faces ...

Abstract: An elastic-plastic finite element analysis of a sphere in normal and sliding contact with a layered medium possessing a patterned surface with regularly spaced rectangular pads was conducted in ...

Abstract: Contact fatigue of a layered medium consisting of an elastic surface layer and three elastic-plastic underlying layers in sliding contact with a rigid and rough surface was analyzed with the ...

Abstract: A thermomechanical analysis is presented for a semi-infinite elastic solid sliding against a rigid, rough surface characterized by fractal geometry. A piecewise-linear distribution of the contact ...