Stress Field at a Sliding Frictional Contact: Experiments and Calculations

Details Stress Field at a Sliding Frictional Contact: Experiments and Calculations Stress Field at a Sliding Frictional Contact: Experiments and Calculations

2008-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/0810.3486v2

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 57, 12 (2009) 1921

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

22 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jmps.2009.08.008

A MEMS-based sensing device is used to measure the normal and tangential stress fields at the base of a rough elastomer film in contact with a smooth glass cylinder in steady sliding. This geometry allows for a direct comparison between the stress profiles measured along the sliding direction and the predictions of an original \textit{exact} bidimensional model of friction. The latter assumes Amontons' friction law, which implies that in steady sliding the interfacial tangential stress is equal to the normal stress times a pressure-independent dynamic friction coefficient $\mu_d$, but makes no further assumption on the normal stress field. Discrepancy between the measured and calculated profiles is less than 14% over the range of loads explored. Comparison with a test model, based on the classical assumption that the normal stress field is unchanged upon tangential loading, shows that the exact model better reproduces the experimental profiles at high loads. However, significant deviations remain that are not accounted for by either calculations. In that regard, the relevance of two other assumptions made in the calculations, namely (i) the smoothness of the interface and (ii) the pressure-independence of $\mu_d$ is briefly discussed.

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