Book Description

The combination of surface treatment and contact mechanics is an important one. The surface of a component is usually the most important engineering factor. While it is in use it is often the surface of a work-piece that is subjected to wear and corrosion. The complexity of the tribological properties of materials and the economic aspects of friction and wear justify an increasing research effort. To an increasing degree, therefore, the search is on for surface modification techniques, which can increase the wear resistance of materials. Wear resistance is a property, not of materials but of systems, since the material of the work-piece always wears against some other medium. It is its relation to its environment - e.g. lubrication, speed of sliding or rotation - that determines the wear resistance of the material in a given construction.

This book contains most of the papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Computer Methods and Experimental Measurements for Surface and Contact Mechanics . This series of conferences is aimed at encouraging international collaboration among the participants and the exchange of new ideas. Various new developments are highlighted, both from an experimental and computational viewpoint. Special emphasis is given to the application of advanced theoretical and experimental approaches.

Book Contents

Fatigue strength improvement of Ti alloy with DLC coating
S.-I. Nishida; N. Hattori; Y. Nakabaru; A. Tsuchiyama;

Thick tool steel coatings with laser cladding
V. Ocelík; U. de Oliveira; J. Th. M. De Hosson;

Numerical modeling of surface treatment by laser beam
R. Gospavic; V. Popov;

Microstructural and tribological observations in metallic glass forming alloy layers produced by high-power lasers
D. T. A. Matthews; V. Ocelík; J. Th. M. De Hosson;

Hydrogen permeation behavior in polycrystalline nickel implanted with various elements
R. Nishimura; K. Okitsu; H. Inoue; R. M. Latanision; G. K. Hubler;

Effect of carburizing on fatigue behaviour in a type 316 austenitic stainless steel
K. Tokaji; M. Akita;

Microstructural evolution of TiC/a-C nanocomposite coatings with pulsed magnetron sputtering
Y. T. Pei; K. P. Shaha; C. Q. Chen; J. Th. M. De Hosson; J. W. Bradley; S. Voronin; M. Cada;

Ionic migration behavior in minute wiring on flexible substrate
Y. Kimura; S. Isawa; M. Chino; H. Hara; K. Tamayama; A. Suzuki;

Multilayer contacts in electrical connectors: experimental results and modelling
F. Ossart; S. Noel; D. Alamarguy; S. Correia; P. Gendre;

Contact problems between optical lenses and shrink fitter for a new type of laser microscope with a wide field of view
I. Nitta; A. Kanno;

C-sphere strength as an indicator of rolling contact performance of silicon nitride
W. Wang; A. A. Wereszczak; M. Hadfield;

Numerical analysis of the physical phenomena in the working zone in the rolling process of the round thread
L. Kukielka; K. Kukielka;

Optimal shape of fibers in composite structure using Inverse variational principles
P. Procházka;

Analytical solution of adhesion contact for a rigid sinusoidal surface on a semi-infinite elastic body
R. R. A. Sriwijaya; K. Takahashi; K. Jatmiko;

Investigation of the temperature behaviour of sliding rubber materials
O. Lahayne; J. Eberhardsteiner;

Progress on experimental and finite element studies of oblique elastic impact
P. P. Garland; R. J. Rogers;

Explosive pitting of 1018 steel witness plates
G. A. Walsh; V. D. Romero;

Numerical analysis of the influence of abrasive grain geometry and cutting angle on states of strain and stress in the surface layer of object
L. Kukielka; J. Chodor;

Efficient modelling of contact interfaces of joints in built-up structures
L. Gaul; M. Mayer;

Domain decomposition based contact solver
J. Dobiáš; S. Pták; Z. Dostál; V. Vondrák;

Dimensional reduction for fast simulations of contact problems
T. Geike; V. L. Popov;

Determination of potential function in contact problems
F. Sharafbafi; S. Adibnazari;

Inverse problems of plane elasticity for the determination of contact stresses
A. N. Galybin;

Contact problems in geomechanics focused on bumps occurrence
V. Doležel; P. Procházka;

In situ measurement of contact area in coated surfaces
J.-H. Sick; G.-P. Ostermeyer;

Wear assessment of tin and tin alloy coatings
W. P.-W. Lam; K. Mao; C. Kerr; T. A. Stolarski;

Features of fretting fatigue strength/life and its mechanical considerations
T. Hattori; M. Yamashita; N. Nishimura;

Near surface modification affected by hydrogen/metal interaction
Y. Katz; M. Tymiak; W. W. Gerberich;

Nanoscratch evaluation of adhesive strength of Cu/PI films
K. Tanaka; K. Gunji; T. Katayama;

Parametric simulation of SiC Schottky JBS structures
T. Rang; R. Kurel;

Expansion of capillary force range by probe-tip curvature
K. J. Obata; S. Saito; K. Takahashi;

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