Method of Dimensionality Reduction in Contact Mechanics and Friction

This book describes the powerful method of dimensionality reduction (MDR) in tribology, a simulation method for the fast calculation of contact properties and friction between rough surfaces in a complete form.

First book in the field

Describes the new and powerful method of dimensionality reduction MDR in tribology

MDR reduces development time and facilitates analytical calculations

First book in the field Describes the new and powerful method of dimensionality reduction MDR in tribology MDR reduces development time and facilitates analytical calculations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Valentin L. Popov studied physics (1976-1982) and obtained his doctorate in 1985 from the Moscow State Lomonosov University. He worked at the Institute of Strength Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. After a guest-professorship in the field of theoretical physics at the University of Paderborn (Germany) from 1999 to 2002, he has headed since 2002 the department of System Dynamics and the Physics of Friction in the Institute of Mechanics at the Berlin University of Technology.

Dr. Markus Heß studied physical engineering sciences at TU Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 2011, receiving in the same year the Research Prize from the German Tribological Society for his dissertation. Since 2011, he has worked for the Studienkolleg at TU Berlin, where he teaches engineering mathematics.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Separation of the Elastic and Inertial Properties in Three-dimensional Systems.- Normal Contact Problems with Axially-symmetric Bodies without Adhesion.- Normal Contact with Adhesion.- Tangential Contact.- Rolling Contact.- Contact with Elastomers.- Heat Transfer and Heat Generation.- Adhesion with Elastomers.- Normal Contact of Rough Surfaces.- Frictional Force.- Frictional Damping.- Coupling to Macroscopic Dynamics.- Acoustic Emission in Rolling Contacts.- Coupling to the Microscale.- And Now What.- Appendix.