CAREER: Physical Descriptions and Numerical Strategies for Transient Interfacial Mechanics

一项CAREER奖支持对接触摩擦的研究。重点问题包括发展瞬态摩擦过程的能量一致性数值算法，发展综合热力学和计算方法来处理界面处的热耦合和速率效应，摩擦各向异性以及润滑和磨损。这些结果将与汽车工业中获得的关于刹车热性能和轮胎在崎岖道路上的动态性能的数据进行比较。该奖项的教育方面包括协助本科生开发基础固体和流体力学课程的电子教科书。* * *

9703356 Lauersen A CAREER award supports a study of contact friction. Key issues emphasized include development of energetically consistent numerical algorithms for transient friction processes, development of an integrated thermodynamic and computational approach to the treatments of thermal coupling at the interface and of rate effects, friction anisotropy and lubrication and wear. The results will be compared with data obtained from the automotive industry on the thermal behavior of brakes and the dynamic behavior of tires on rough roads. The educational aspects of the award include undergraduate student-assisted development of electronic textbooks for basic solid and fluid mechanics courses. ***