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Validation: German-French School of
Computational Engineering” – IRTG 1627
Results
Multiscale FEM for Rubber Friction on Rough Surfaces
Motivation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. P. Wriggers
Goals
Methods
• Hysteresis: Internal energy dissipation due to
cyclic loading and unloading, induced by the
asperities of the rough surface
• High contribution of small road track length
scales (λ < 0.1 mm), see Persson.2010
Dipl.-Ing. P. Wagner
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Dry Wet
Per
centa
ge
µ(t
)
t ε
σ
Homogenization
µ(p, v)
p v
Some aspects available in
Wriggers/Reinelt.2009
µ(t
)
t [s]
Finite Linear Viscoelastic Model A power spectrum of a
surface is calculated
Real surface approximated with a
sum of sinusoidal waves
Decomposition of reconstructed
surface
Real surf.
Surface fit
Macro
Micro
Simulation µ(v) vs. experiment, Grosch.1953
Finer and rougher models increase µ
2
1
0
µ
log v
Multiscale calc.
Comparison
Full calc.
Coefficient of friction
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
tcalc.
µ
Model represents qualitative behavior
Prediction of frictional response Frictional response: Sum of physical influences
Rough surface decomposition The Multiscale FEM concept
Microscale results Numerical validation of the method
Macr
osc
ale
Hysteresis Adhesion Lubrication, Cohesion
(not considered)
Mic
rosc
ale
Experimental Setup Coefficient of friction Frictional Force,
guess
Hysteresis friction is modeled → Significant influence of small length scales → Therefore Multiscale FEM
Split in macro- and micro-part → Micro friction law → Include friction law in macro calculation
Macr
osc
ale
M
icro
scale
Reasonable results on microscale – Good agreement of multiscale and full simulation – 90% less calculation time
• Multiphysics Homogenization Schemes for
Microstructured Interfaces (N. Noii)
• Development of Non-Convex Shaped Particles for
the Discrete Element Method (DEM) (M. Hothan)
• Application of Plasticity Models at the Contact Layer
(C. Weißenfels)
• Multi-Scale Constitutive Modeling of Carbon Black
Reinforced Rubber in a Finite Strain Framework for
FE Analysis (O. Stegen)
• Development of a Friction Approach for the FE
Method of Sheet Metal Forming Based on Multi-
Scale Modeling (B. Homann)
• hp-BEM for Contact Problems and Extended Ms-
FEM in Linear Elasticity (A. Issaoui)
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