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Contact Area Calculation Tutorial: Boundary Element Based Model vs. Asperity Based Model

14.03.2018 tribonet 2,404 Views

In contact mechanics and tribology it is frequently needed to calculate the contact area between rough surfaces to estimate possible slip, friction, electric conductivity, etc. In this tutorial, it will be shown how to perform […]

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