Sliding frictional contact analysis of a monoclinic coating/isotropic substrate system

Owing to innovative developments and the need to satisfy the requirements of engineering applications, new and improved materials are investigated by engineers to compensate for the drawbacks of conventional materials. There is an urgent need for the tribology community to properly investigate the behavior of these materials before utilizing them in real life. In this study, the sliding frictional contact between a monoclinic coating/isotropic substrate system and a rigid cylindrical punch is provided using an analytical formulation and finite element method (FEM). The analytical expressions for the stress and displacement fields are presented, and the resulting singular integral equations (SIEs) are solved numerically. Details of the analytical formulation and the discretization used in the solution method for the SIEs are also presented. For obtaining the numerical solution, an augmented finite element method is used with plane strain conditions and 6-node higher order finite elements. According to the results, the analytical formulation and FEM results are consistent. Using different lamina orientations, coefficient of friction, and geometric/material parameters, provides the tribology community with a highly qualified parametric study that informs surface wear and surface fatigue crack initiation in contact mechanics problems