Measuring Contact Mechanics Deformations Using DIC through a Transparent Medium Show others and affiliations
2017 (English) In: Experimental mechanics, ISSN 0014-4851, E-ISSN 1741-2765, Vol. 57, no 9, p. 1445-1455Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper describes the experimental methodology used to study the contact mechanics of a rigid, rough surface and a compliant, nominally flat surface using digital image correlation (DIC). The rough surface was produced by 3-D printing PMMA and the flat surface was produced with transparent PDMS (silicone rubber). The deformation of the speckled top surface (contact) of the PDMS was measured via DIC viewed through the transparent media. Four different PDMS formulations with moduli ranging from 64 to 2120 kPa were used in the experiment program to cover a wide range of modulus normalized loads. The deformation of the contact surface and depth of penetration versus normalized load were measured. The results were overlaid with previous measurements of contact area and complemented them extremely well. Additionally, it was shown that scaling laws associated with such contact mechanics problems extend many length scales.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Springer New York LLC , 2017. Vol. 57, no 9, p. 1445-1455
Keywords [en]
Contact mechanics, Digital image correlation, Indentation, Transparent medium, Image analysis, Mechanics, Microchannels, Silicones, Strain measurement, Surface measurement, Contact surface, D. digital image correlation (DIC), Digital image correlations, Experimental methodology, Measurements of, Transparent media, Deformation
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-56332 DOI: 10.1007/s11340-017-0308-9 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85026923461 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-56332 DiVA, id: diva2:1591329
2021-09-062021-09-062023-05-23 Bibliographically approved