The paper considers the behavior of third bodies in dry contacts. A description of the mechanism operating in contacts is given and the influence of external parameters outlined. Both physicochemical and mechanical conditions greatly influence third body behavior. Depending on third-body composition, the external influence can be more or less dramatic. Due to difficulties with experimentation, numerical modeling is suggested as a complementary tool. Two approaches for such modeling are described, the continuum and the discrete approach. At present these models are at an early development stage (two-dimensional simulations), and great efforts should be made for their further development. While an experimental apparatus can study phenomena at only one scale; namely the nanometer with AFM, or the micron to millimeter with fretting machines, modeling is able to range from the microscopic properties (particle interactions like coefficient of restitution) to the macroscopic properties by integration or averaging (load capacity, friction coefficient).
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A Review of Recent Approaches for Modeling Solid Third Bodies
I. Iordanoff,
I. Iordanoff
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
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Y. Berthier,
Y. Berthier
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
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S. Descartes,
S. Descartes
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
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H. Heshmat
H. Heshmat
Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc., 1037 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12205-3833
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I. Iordanoff
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
Y. Berthier
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
S. Descartes
Laboratoire de Me´canique des Contacts UMR INSA-CNRS 5514, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
H. Heshmat
Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc., 1037 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12205-3833
Contributed by the Tribology Division for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY. Manuscript received by the Tribology Division September 19, 2000; revised manuscript received September 25, 2001. Associate Editor: M. M. Khonsari.
J. Tribol. Oct 2002, 124(4): 725-735 (11 pages)
Published Online: September 24, 2002
Article history
Received:
September 19, 2000
Revised:
September 25, 2001
Online:
September 24, 2002
Citation
Iordanoff , I., Berthier , Y., Descartes, S., and Heshmat, H. (September 24, 2002). "A Review of Recent Approaches for Modeling Solid Third Bodies ." ASME. J. Tribol. October 2002; 124(4): 725–735. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1467632
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