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TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages 229-238Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2015.09.016
Keywords
Contact mechanics; Friction; Fractal; Surface structures
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- Australian Research Council [DP120104926]
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Tribological phenomena are governed by combined effects of material properties, topology and surface-chemistry. We study the interplay of multiscale surface structures with molecular-scale interactions towards interpreting static frictional interactions at fractal interfaces. By spline-assisted-discretization we analyse asperity interactions in pairs of contacting fractal surface-profiles. For elastically deforming asperities, force analysis reveals greater friction at surfaces exhibiting higher fractality, with increasing molecular-scale friction amplifying this trend. Increasing adhesive strength yields higher overall friction at surfaces of lower fractality owing to greater true-contact-area. In systems where adhesive-type interactions play an important role, such as those where cold-welded junctions form, friction is minimised at an intermediate value of surface profile fractality found to be around 1.3-1.5. Results have implications for systems exhibiting evolving surface structures. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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