Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Mikic, B. B..
The influence of roughness on the interfacial pressure distribution in the contact of two spherical surfaces is considered. An approximate general solution is presented and it is shown that the pressure for all radii can be determined solely from a reference pressure which is, in turn, a function of two parameters - a dimensionless roughness and a dimensionless hardness. Values for the radius of contact are also presented.
Analysis has been conducted to determine thermal contact resistance at interface of two heat conductors and effect of roughness of mating surfaces on pressure distribution. Investigation reveals how heat transfer resistance may be decreased or increased by changing surface properties of particular interface being considered.
The thermal contact resistance of a bolted joint is composed of two components: large scale constriction which is influenced by the extent of the interfacial pressure distribution and small scale constriction which is influenced by the magnitude of the local pressure. It is analytically shown how the roughness asperities at the contact surfaces of the joint affect these two constrictions but in opposite senses. The sum of the two effects, the total resistance, may increase or decrease with changing resistance and examples are given where an optimum roughness will minimize total joint resistance.
The contact of two rough, wavy surfaces; the contact of two rough but nominally flat plates pressed together over a concentrated area; and the contact of two rough but nominally flat plates bolted together are considered. In each case the pressure distribution is calculated as a function of the surface properties. In the case of wavy surfaces it is found that all necessary information for any combination of parameters can be reduced to one master graph. In the other two cases one such graph is needed for each geometry used. The resulting pressure distributions are used in a specific heat transfer example and the total joint resistance versus roughness is presented. A method for decreasing the resistance by increasing the roughness is shown.
Thermal contact resistance with nonuniform interface pressures
Areas of contact and pressure distribution in bolted or riveted joints determined by finite element method
Heat flow resistance between solid bodies in contact in vacuum
Effect of surface roughness and waviness on overall thermal contact resistance
Thermal, surface, and deformation analyses for predicting thermal contact resistance for metal surface characteristics in vacuum and fluid environment