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Tribology Letters
Published in: Tribology Letters 1/2014

01-07-2014 | Original Paper

Rolling Friction: Comparison of Analytical Theory with Exact Numerical Results

Authors: Michele Scaraggi, Bo N. J. Persson

Published in: Tribology Letters | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

We study the contact mechanics of a smooth hard cylinder rolling on a flat surface of a linear viscoelastic solid. Using the measured viscoelastic modulus of unfilled and filled (with carbon black) nitrile rubber, we compare numerically exact results for the rolling friction with the prediction of a simple analytical theory. For the unfilled rubber, the two theories agree perfectly while some small difference exists for the filled rubber. The rolling friction coefficient depends nonlinearly on the normal load and the rolling velocity.
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Footnotes
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It can be easily shown that the discrete formulation of the viscoelastic line contact kernel presents an analytical formulation as it occurs for the elastic case. This largely simplifies the viscoelastic integration.
 
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Metadata
Title
Rolling Friction: Comparison of Analytical Theory with Exact Numerical Results
Authors
Michele Scaraggi
Bo N. J. Persson
Publication date
01-07-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Tribology Letters / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1023-8883
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-014-0327-y

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