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Contact stresses & deformation Application
Contact stresses & deformation Application
Contact stresses & deformation Application
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Curved Surfaces in Contact – Examples
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Spheres in Contact
z The radius of the contact area is
given by:
F
⎡1 −ν 12 1 −ν 22 ⎤
3F ⎢ +
E2 ⎥⎦
y
Z = 0:
a=3 ⎣ E1
Sphere 1
⎛1 1 ⎞
R1
x E 1,
4⎜⎜ + ⎟⎟
1
pmax 2a
2a
⎝ R1 R2 ⎠
Circular contact area, y
resulting in a semi-elliptic Where E1 and E2 are the moduli of
pressure distribution pmax
R2 elasticity for spheres 1 and 2 and ν1
E 2,
and ν2 are the Poisson’s ratios,
2
respectively
The maximum contact pressure at
Sphere 2 the center of the circular contact
x area is:
3F
pmax =
F 2πa 2
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y
Z = 0: F
x
pmax 2a R1
E1, 1
2a
y
E2, 2
Flat plate
(R2 = ∞)
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Spheres in Contact – Principal Stresses
The principal stresses σ1, σ2, and σ3 are generated on the z-axis:
⎡ ⎤
⎢ ⎥
⎛ a⎞ 1
σ 1 = σ 2 = σ x = σ y = − pmax ⎢(1 +ν )⎜⎜1 − arctan ⎟⎟ −
z ⎥
⎢ ⎝ a z ⎠ 2⎜ + 1⎟ ⎥
⎛ z 2
⎞
⎢ ⎜ a2 ⎟ ⎥
⎣ ⎝ ⎠⎦
−1
⎛ z2 ⎞
σ 3 = σ z = − pmax ⎜⎜ 2 + 1⎟⎟
⎝a ⎠
σ1 − σ 3
τ 1 = τ 2 = τ max = τ3 = 0
2
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Von Mises
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Ratio of stress to pmax
σz
0.6 Plot shows
material with
σX, σy Poisson’s
0.4 ratio ν = 0.3
τmax
0.2
0 z
0 0.5a a 1.5a 2a 2.5a 3a
Depth below contact area
• The maximum shear and Von Mises stress are reached below the contact
area
• This causes pitting where little pieces of material break out of the surface
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Cylinders in Contact
The half-width b of the rectangular
contact area of two parallel cylinders is
F found as:
E1, ν 1
z
⎡1 −ν 12 1 −ν 22 ⎤
4F ⎢ +
⎣ E1 E2 ⎥⎦
b=
⎛1 1 ⎞
E2, ν 2 πL⎜⎜ + ⎟⎟
R1 pmax
L ⎝ 1
R R2 ⎠
2b
Where E1 and E2 are the moduli of
elasticity for cylinders 1 and 2 and ν1
x y and ν2 are the Poisson’s ratios,
respectively. L is the length of contact.
R2 F
The maximum contact pressure along
the center line of the rectangular
contact area is:
Rectangular contact area
with semi-elliptical pressure 2F
pmax =
distribution πbL
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R1
E2, ν 2
pmax
L Rg
E2, ν2
2b R1 L
pmax
x y
2b
Flat plate Cylindrical groove
(R2 = ? ) (R2 = -Rg)
x F
F y
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Cylinders in Contact – Principal Stresses
The principal stresses σ1, σ2, and σ3 are generated on the z-axis:
⎡ z2 z⎤
σ 1 = σ x = −2νpmax ⎢ 2
+1 − ⎥
⎣⎢ b b ⎦⎥
⎡⎛ ⎛ z 2 ⎞ −1 ⎞ z 2 z⎤
σ 2 = σ y = − pmax ⎢⎜ 2 − ⎜⎜ 2 + 1⎟⎟ ⎟ 2 + 1 − 2 ⎥
⎢⎜⎝ ⎝ b ⎠ ⎟⎠ b b⎥
⎣ ⎦
−1
⎡ z2 ⎤
σ 3 = σ z = − pmax ⎢ 2 + 1⎥
⎢⎣ b ⎥⎦
σ 2 −σ3 σ1 − σ 3 σ1 − σ 2
τ1 = , τ2 = , τ3 =
2 2 2
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σy Von Mises
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Plot shows
Ratio of stress to pm ax
σz
0.6 material with
σx Poisson’s ratio
ν = 0.3
0.4
0.2
τ1
0 z
0 0.5b b 1.5b 2b 2.5b 3b
Depth below contact area
• The maximum shear and Von Mises stress are reached below the contact
area
• This causes pitting where little pieces of material break out of the surface
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Sphere vs. Cylinder – Von Mises Stress
Sphere vs. Cylinder - Von Mises Stress
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Dia 10 mm sphere (steel) on flat plate (steel)
Dia 10 mm x 0.5 mm cylinder on flat plate (s teel)
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0
0 20 40 60 80 100
• The Von Mises stress does not increase linearly with the contact force
• The point contact of a sphere creates significantly larger stresses than the
line contact of a cylinder
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Elastic Deformation of Curved Surfaces
δc =
(
2 F 1 −ν 2 ⎛ 2 )
4R 4R ⎞
⎜ + ln 1 + ln 2 ⎟
πLE ⎝ 3 b b ⎠
Note that the center displacements are highly nonlinear functions of the load
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Sphere vs. Cylinder – Stiffness
Sphere vs. Cylinder - Stiffness
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Dia 10 mm sphere (steel) on flat plate (steel)
Dia 10 mm x 0.5 mm cylinder (steel) on flat plate (steel)
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Stiffness [N/m]
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0 20 40 60 80 100
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Contact Pressure Depending on Material
Combination
9 10 mm Sphere on Flat Plate(Steel)
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Tungsten (E = 655 GPa, ν = 0.2)
Steel (E = 207 GPa, ν = 0.3)
Bronze (E = 117 GPa, ν = 0.35)
Titanium (E = 110 GPa, ν = 0.31)
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9 Aluminum (E = 71 GPa, ν = 0.33)
Acrylic Thermoplastic(E = 2.8 GPa, ν = 0.4)
Maximum pressure [Pa]
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Contact force [N]
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
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