Substrate and fluid film mechanics in rolling-sliding soft contact tribology

B Cartwright, Y Xu, JR Stokes - Tribology International, 2024 - Elsevier
The wealth of soft contact tribological (SCT) investigations utilising ball-on-disc tribometers
assume Hertzian contact model to describe substrate deformation. We hypothesise this is …

Identifying differences in the tribological performance of GUR 1020 and GUR 1050 UHMWPE resins associated to pressure× velocity conditions in linear reciprocating …

V Kapps, MM Maru, O Kuznetsov, CA Achete - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, two commercial UHMWPE (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene) resins
used in orthopedics, GUR 1050 and GUR 1020, were evaluated through linear reciprocating …

Dry and lubricated sliding friction for rubber on concrete: the role of surface energies

N Miyashita, BNJ Persson - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the influence of lubricant fluids (water–glycerol mixtures) on rubber sliding friction
for two different rubber tread compounds on a concrete surface. We find that for the …

Influence of biopolymer composition and crosslinking agent concentration on the micro-and nanomechanical properties of hydrogel-based filaments

LAA Neto, LP Silva - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogel filaments were manufactured using wet spinning technique, incorporating
variations in the concentrations of sodium alginate, gelatin, and calcium chloride …

[HTML][HTML] How short-range adhesion slows down crack closure and contact formation

C Müller, MH Müser - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
While viscoelastic, adhesive contact rupture of simple indenters is well studied, contact
formation has received much less attention. Here, we present simulations of the formation of …

Calculation of short-term creep of concrete using fractional viscoelastic model

S Mei, X Li, X Wang, X Liu - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study of short-term creep is essential for understanding the concrete creep process and
deformation under alternating stress. Researchers are concentrating on the nano-and …

Improved Monitoring of Wind Speed Using 3D Printing and Data‐Driven Deep Learning Model for Wind Power Systems

S Shin, S Park, H So - International Journal of Energy Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a novel method for airflow rate (ie, wind speed) sensing using a three‐
dimensional (3D) printing‐assisted flow sensor and a deep neural network (DNN). The 3D …

[HTML][HTML] A critical note on the role of the contact stiffness in fracture of the multi-punch contact interface

I Argatov - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
A multi-punch contact interface is modeled as a system of cylindrical rigid punches (of the
same thickness but of arbitrary in-plane cross-section) sandwiched between two dissimilar …

Study on the wear characteristics of hydrodynamic seals during start-up based on cross-scale contact mechanics

E Bi, S Li, A Liu, K Chen - Wear, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic seals are crucial sealing components in aero-engines, and the wear
phenomenon during their start-up process is the primary cause of engine efficiency and …

Viscoelastic Properties of Electrospray‐Deposited Polymer Shells via Quartz Crystal Microbalance With Dissipation (QCM‐D)

RA Green‐Warren, NM McAllister… - Macromolecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multilayer polymer films are extensively used in multiphase separation. Electrospray
deposition (ESD) is an important technique for fabricating such films with tunable …