Continuum Damage Mechanics in Tribological Components

Continuum Damage Mechanics in Tribological Components provides a rigorous, mechanics-based treatment of progressive material degradation, contact fatigue, and wear evolution in contacting mechanical interfaces. As high-performance rotating machinery, bearings, gears, and structural contact pairs demand higher load densities and operational longevity, classical empirical wear laws often fail to capture localized stress concentrations, micro-cracking, and thermo-mechanical degradation mechanisms. This volume establishes a unified mathematical and constitutive framework by coupling continuum damage mechanics principles with contact stress analysis and surface engineering fundamentals.

The text systematically develops thermodynamic state variable formulations, damage evolution laws, isotropic and anisotropic damage tensors, and constitutive stress-strain relationships for multi-axial contact loading. It examines micro-structural fatigue initiation, subsurface spalling, contact friction dissipation, and dynamic stiffness degradation under high-cycle and low-cycle contact regimes. Designed for mechanical engineers, tribologists, materials scientists, and computational mechanics specialists, this monograph delivers the theoretical foundation and analytical tools required to predict component failure modes, evaluate surface durability, and enhance the structural integrity of advanced tribological systems.

2. Short Description

A technical guide detailing continuum damage mechanics, constitutive contact models, thermo-mechanical wear, and failure prediction in tribological interfaces.

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4. BISAC Subjects

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General

5. Thema Subjects

TGM Mechanical engineering

TGB Mechanical engineering: tribology & lubrication

TGMH Materials science