Surfaces and Contact Mechanics
This lecture was a presentation by Tod Policandriotes of some of his thesis work in this area. A portion of the thesis [10], given below, formed the main part of the lecture. Additional slides were presented and are reproduced below.
12. Profilometry II: Extensions beyond the ASME Standard
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Figure 67. Image of CVI densified surface obtained using profilometry with 512, 10-mm traces.
Figure 68. Image of CVI densified surface obtained using profilometry with 1024, 10-mm traces.
Figure 69. Bearing area curves for worn C-C surfaces.
Figure 70. Mountain range showing various D-values
Figure 71. Diagram showing how to envision the D-parameter and G-parameter.
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