NORMAL AND TANGENTIAL STIFFNESS OF A FLAT JOINT OF FRACTAL SURFACES

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Authors

M.A. IZMEROV, Cand. Sc., V.P. TIKHOMIROV, Dr Sc.

Abstract

In paper a fractal roughness description model and a contact interaction model for engineering surfaces are proposed. The results describing the normal and tangential stiffness of a flat joint are obtained. A comparison with the literature experimental data of other studies is made.

Keywords

roughness, roughness parameters, stiffness, geometric modeling, mathematical models.