Wang, D, de Boer, G orcid.org/0000-0002-5647-1771, Neville, A et al. (1 more author) (2022) A Review on Modelling of Viscoelastic Contact Problems. Lubricants, 10 (12). 358.
Abstract
Approaches to solving viscoelastic problems have received extensive attention in recent decades as viscoelastic materials have been widely applied in various fields. An overview of relevant modelling approaches is provided in the paper. The review starts with a brief introduction of some basic terminologies and theories that are commonly used to describe the contact behaviour of viscoelastic materials. By building up the complexity of contact problems, including dry contact, lubricated contact, thermoviscoelastic contact and non-linear viscoelastic contact, tentative analytical solutions are first introduced as essential milestones. Afterwards, a series of numerical models for the various types of contact problems with and without surface roughness are presented and discussed. Examples, in which computational tools were employed to assist the analysis of viscoelastic components in different fields, are given as case studies to demonstrate that a comprehensive numerical framework is currently being developed to address complex viscoelastic contact problems that are prevalent in real life.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | contact mechanics; viscoelasticity; surface roughness; lubrication modelling; adhesion; temperature; material nonlinearity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Functional Surfaces (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/T024542/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2023 13:10 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2023 13:10 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/lubricants10120358 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/lubricants10120358 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194340 |