A Numerical Study on Roughness-Induced Adhesion Enhancement in a Sphere with an Axisymmetric Sinusoidal Waviness Using Lennard–Jones Interaction Law

Usually, roughness destroys adhesion and this is one of the reasons why the “adhesion paradox”, i.e. a “sticky Universe”, is not real. However, at least with some special type of roughness, there is even the case of adhesion enhancement, as it was shown clearly by Guduru, who considered the contact...

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Main Authors: Antonio Papangelo, Michele Ciavarella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Lubricants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/8/9/90