A Finite Element Study of the Contact Stiffness of Homogenous Materials and Thin Films
The applicability of the stiffness equation S=2Era to elastic and elastic-plastic homogeneous materials and thin films on substrates is studied by finite element techniques. It is found that the stiffness equation works well in all these materials provided that a correction factor β is included. For...
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Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
2007
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| Online Access: | http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/282 |