Runliang Wang, Jianhua Liu, Bo Liu, Duo Jia, Xiaoyu Ding
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Abstract
The real contact area (RCA) of randomly rough contacts has received a great deal of attention because it correlates strongly with friction, lubrication, sealing, and conductivity. Simulations have revealed that the RCA associated with deterministic normal squeezing loads increases when tangential loads are also applied, in a phenomenon called junction growth. However, experimental investigations of the junction growth of randomly rough contacts are rare. Here, we used X-ray computed tomography (CT) to measure junction growth when two aluminum alloy surfaces were in contact. A high-resolution experimental setup was used to apply loads and observe contact behaviors at a resolution of 4 µm. The RCA and average contact gaps were computed using a three-dimensional (3D) geometric model constructed from gray CT images using the Otsu thresholding method. The results showed that the RCA increased as the normal load increased. The RCA increased by 22.67% after a tangential load was applied (junction growth), and the average gap decreased by 14.01% after a tangential load was applied. Thus, X-ray CT accurately measured the junction growth as a novel quantitative method.
期刊介绍:
Friction is a peer-reviewed international journal for the publication of theoretical and experimental research works related to the friction, lubrication and wear. Original, high quality research papers and review articles on all aspects of tribology are welcome, including, but are not limited to, a variety of topics, such as:
Friction: Origin of friction, Friction theories, New phenomena of friction, Nano-friction, Ultra-low friction, Molecular friction, Ultra-high friction, Friction at high speed, Friction at high temperature or low temperature, Friction at solid/liquid interfaces, Bio-friction, Adhesion, etc.
Lubrication: Superlubricity, Green lubricants, Nano-lubrication, Boundary lubrication, Thin film lubrication, Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, Mixed lubrication, New lubricants, New additives, Gas lubrication, Solid lubrication, etc.
Wear: Wear materials, Wear mechanism, Wear models, Wear in severe conditions, Wear measurement, Wear monitoring, etc.
Surface Engineering: Surface texturing, Molecular films, Surface coatings, Surface modification, Bionic surfaces, etc.
Basic Sciences: Tribology system, Principles of tribology, Thermodynamics of tribo-systems, Micro-fluidics, Thermal stability of tribo-systems, etc.
Friction is an open access journal. It is published quarterly by Tsinghua University Press and Springer, and sponsored by the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (TsinghuaUniversity) and the Tribology Institute of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.