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Concept

Asperity (materials science)

Related publications (23)

From infinitesimal to full contact between rough surfaces: Evolution of the contact area

Jean-François Molinari, Guillaume Anciaux, Vladislav Yastrebov

We carry out a statistically meaningful study on self-affine rough surfaces in elastic frictionless non-adhesive contact. We study the evolution of the true contact area under increasing squeezing pressure from zero up to full contact, which enables us to ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Modelling Plasticity in Nanoscale Contact

Till Junge

The problem of mechanical contact is a truly multiscale one. Atomistic effects that violate continuum theory dominate the deformations of contacting asperities, while the interactions between distant asperities occur through long-range elasticity. This the ...

EPFL2014

Geometry as a Catalyst: How Vapor Cavities Nucleate from Defects

Simone Meloni

The onset of cavitation is strongly enhanced by the presence of rough surfaces or impurities in the liquid. Despite decades of research, the way the geometry of these defects promote the nucleation of bubbles and its effect on the kinetics of the process r ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013