Frictionally bonded interface

Castagnetti, D., Dragoni, E. (2013). Experimental Assessment of a Miero-Mechanical Model for the Static Strength of Hybrid Friction-Bonded Interfaces. The Journal of Adhesion, 89,642-659. 

Apart from the elastic stress transfer at the perfectly bonded interface, another important phenomenon that must be taken into account is the stress transfer by friction, which is governed by the Coulomb friction law after the interface bond fails. Furthermore, matrix yielding often takes place at the interface region in preference to interfacial debonding if the matrix shear yield strength, Xm is significantly smaller than the apparent interface bond strength, tb. It follows thus... 

The mean fiber fragment length, 2L, is plotted as a function of the applied strain, e, in Fig. 4.18. Similar to the results for the fully bonded interface model shown in Fig. 4.12, the full frictional interface model predicts that (2L) decreases sharply with increasing applied strain within a short range of c. A high fiber tensile strength... 

However, some theoretical treatment considers only the special case of friction sliding of a single fiber along a mechanically bonded interface, particularly for some ceramic matrix composites, where the Coulomb friction law applies. See for example Zhou and Mai (1995) and Shetty (1988). Assuming a constant friction at the fiber-matrix interface and neglecting the Poisson effects, Shetty (1988) reported a simple force balance equation for the frictional shear strength, Tfr... 

Various models will be used for the interface between the fiber and the matrix. For bonded interfaces, complete continuity of all components of the velocity will be invoked. The simplest model for a weak interface is that a shear drag equal to r opposes the relative shear velocity jump across the interface. The direction of the shear drag is determined by the direction of the relative velocity. However, the magnitude of r is independent of the velocities. This model is assumed to represent friction occurring mainly because of roughness of the surfaces or due to a superposed large normal pressure on the interface. Creep can, of course, relax the superposed normal stress over time, but on a short time scale the parameter r can be assumed to be relatively invariant. No attempt will be made to account for Coulomb friction associated with local normal pressures on the interface. 

In fabric pad sliding bearings, the unfilled PTFE material is generally recessed half its thickness into a steel backing plate. The backing plate is generally bonded to the top of a fabric pad. A stainless steel sheet is typically seal welded to a steel sole plate attached to the superstructure to provide the low-friction sliding interface. 

Table 3.1 Predicted clamping stresses and frictional bond In fibre-cement interface with two different matrices Portland cement (PC) and Portland cement with 10% microsilica (MS) (after Stang [24])...

In view of the presence of the special ITZ microstructure several models were developed, assuming a three phase material bulk, ITZ and fibre. In these models specific characteristics (i.e. modulus of elasticity) were assigned to the ITZ. Li et a/ [75] calculated a parameter related to the stiffness of the ITZ to resolve its value for different systems. Mobasher and Li [76] extended a fracture mechanics model to describe the pull-out curves in terms of adhesional and frictional bond, stiffness of the interface and interface toughness. They demonstrated that all of these parameters influence the pull-out behaviour, and their change with age could account for the variation in the pull-out behaviour, as discussed further in Chapter 5. 

These results at the interfaces between the PVA gel and quartz surfaces, with and without modification by OTS, suggest that the weakly hydrogen bonded, that is, liquid-like , water plays an important role for the low friction at the PVA gel/quartz interface. 

Transition joints are used to join dissimilar metals where flanged, screwed, or threaded connections are not practical. They are used when fusion welding of two dissimilar metals forms interfaces that are deficient in mechanical strength and the ability to keep the system leak-tight. Transition joints consist of a bimetallic composite, a stainless steel, and a particular kind of aluminum bonded together by some proprietary process. Some of the types in use throughout the cryogenic industry are friction- or inertia-welded bond, roll-bonded joint, explosion-bonded joint, and braze-bonded joint. 

The results demonstrated that both compression and shear can induce the formation of C-C bonds between sp-hybridized carbons atoms, which leads to polymerization within the SAM. Interestingly, it was found that the location of these reactive sites within the film could influence the calculated friction. For instance, if the diacetylene components in the chains were close to the tip/film interface, reactions between the film and tip could occur, which led to wear and high friction. On the other hand, if the diacetylene moieties were far from the tip, the reactions did not lead to wear and had little effect on the average calculated friction. These observations demonstrate that a proper treatment of the chemical reactivity of the system may be necessary in some cases to calculate friction accurately. 

Fig 3.8 shows the interface shear bond strength, tb, determined from Eq. (3.7), which is not a material constant but varies substantially with embedded fiber length, L. However, to evaluate all the relevant interface properties properly, which include the interface fracture toughness, Gic, the coefficient of friction, p, and the residual clamping stress, qo, it is necessary to obtain experimental results for a full range of L and plot these characteristic fiber stresses as a function of L. More details of the... 

In the second approach shown in Fig 3.12(b), a force is applied continuously using a Vickers microhardness indenter to compress the fiber into the specimen surface (Marshall, 1984). For ceramic matrix composites where the bonding at the interface is typically mechanical in nature, the interface shear stress, Tf, against the constant frictional sliding is calculated based on simple force balance (Marshall, 1984) ... 

With a strong interfacial bond, when a fiber fractures, the high stresses in the matrix near the broken ends are relieved by the formation of a short radial crack in the resin. There is no interfacial debonding and corresponding friction at a sheared interface, but rather, the load is transferred to the fiber by elastic deformation of the resin. The lack of adhesive failure in this case is responsible for the relatively low emission observed. 

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