Abstract
We give the closed-form solutions for the two-dimensional adhesive contact of a flat-ended wedge with an elastic half-space, including contact pressure distribution and load-contact width relationship. The approach is derived from contact mechanics in plane-strain elasticity and fracture mechanics concepts. The contact pressure has stress singularities both at the edges of contact due to molecular attractive forces and at the wedge corners, and is compared with those without adhesion. Under zero load, we find the contact strip has a finite width which is greater than that of the wedge end, and the central region of contact is under compression, similar to that of a flat punch problem, while the regions near the contact edges are under tension. Unlike the usual experiments with smooth and low modulus materials, we conduct molecular dynamics (MD) experiments via embedded-atom method (EAM), brownian dynamics algorithm and dynamical theory of crystal lattices. The results, including the “pull-off” force for contacting surfaces to peel apart, conform reasonably well with those derived from a continuum model.
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