Molecular dynamics simulations on the thermal effect of interfacial friction during the asperity shearing

Zhaoxun Yuan (), Junxian Zhao and Shiping Huang
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Zhaoxun Yuan: School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
Junxian Zhao: School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
Shiping Huang: School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China3State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2023, vol. 34, issue 07, 1-20

Abstract: A solid–solid contact model of a rough surface with a single peak was established to explore the thermal effect of interfacial friction. From the perspective of friction force, temperature and energy, the law of the thermal effect was revealed. The results showed that the temperature of the asperities gradually increased during the shearing process, and a stress concentration formed in the shearing zone. After contact, the asperities had undergone unrecoverable plastic deformation. At each indentation depth, as the rotation angle of the crystal increased, the friction force, average temperature, and the sum of the changes in thermal kinetic and thermal potential energy first increased and then decreased; the trends of the three parameters changing with the rotation angle of the crystal were consistent. The average decreases in the friction force, average temperature, and the sum of the changes in thermal kinetic and thermal potential energy were 52.47%, 30.91% and 56.75%, respectively, for a crystal structure with a rotation angle of 45∘ compared to a crystal structure with a rotation angle of 0∘. The methods used in this study provide a reference for the design of frictional pairs and the reduction of the thermal effect of interfacial friction.

Keywords: Interfacial friction; thermal effect; temperature; energy; molecular dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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