A seamless multi-scale model for contact, friction, and solid lubrication

Project Information

FricLess

Grant agreement ID: 681813

DOI

10.3030/681813

Project closed

EC signature date 31 May 2016

Start date 1 June 2016

End date 30 November 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 985,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 985,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (22)

Incipient sliding of adhesive contact

Author(s): Francesc Perez-Rafols, Lucia Nicola
Published in: Friction, 2021, ISSN 2223-7690
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-021-0546-9

Simple yet effective methods to probe hydrogel stiffness for mechanobiology

Author(s): Alessandro Gandin, Yaswanth Murugesan, Veronica Torresan, Lorenzo Ulliana, Anna Citron, Paolo Contessotto, Giusy Battilana, Tito Panciera, Maurizio Ventre, A. Paolo Netti, Lucia Nicola, Stefano Piccolo, Giovanna Brusatin
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 112, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01036-5

On sub-surface stress caused by contact roughness in compressible elastic solids

Author(s): Yaswanth Murugesan; Syam P Venugopalan; Lucia Nicola; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 159, 2021, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.106867

Effect of dislocation core fields on discrete dislocation plasticity

Author(s): Nilgoon Irani; Yaswanth Murugesan; Can Ayas; Lucia Nicola; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Mechanics of Materials, Issue 165, 2022, ISSN 0167-6636
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.104137

On the lubrication of rough copper surfaces with graphene

Author(s): Jianjun Bian; Lucia Nicola; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 156, 2020, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106837

Lubrication of rough copper with few-layer graphene

Author(s): Jianjun Bian; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 173, 2022, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107621

Predicting mechanical and electrical failure of nanowire networks in flexible transparent electrodes

Author(s): Davide Grazioli, Gabriele Gangi, Lucia Nicola, Angelo Simone
Published in: Composites Science and Technology, 2024, ISSN 0266-3538
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.110304

Modeling the surface topography dependence of friction, adhesion, and contact compliance

Author(s): Martin H. Müser; Lucia Nicola
Published in: MRS Bullettin, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 0883-7694
Publisher: Materials Research Society
DOI: 10.1557/s43577-022-00468-2

On the Proportionality Between Area and Load in Line Contacts

Author(s): J. S. van Dokkum, M. Khajeh Salehani, N. Irani, L. Nicola
Published in: Tribology Letters, Issue 66/3, 2018, ISSN 1023-8883
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-018-1061-7

Indentation of a plastically deforming metal crystal with a self-affine rigid surface: A dislocation dynamics study

Author(s): S.P. Venugopalan, L. Nicola
Published in: Acta Materialia, 2018, ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.10.020

Green's function molecular dynamics meets discrete dislocation plasticity

Author(s): Parayil Venugopalan, S.; Mueser, Martin H.; Nicola, L.
Published in: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Issue 1, 2017, ISSN 0965-0393
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/aa7e0e

On the load-area relation in rough adhesive contacts

Author(s): M. Khajeh Salehani, J.S. van Dokkum, N. Irani, L. Nicola
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 144, 2020, Page(s) 106099, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2019.106099

Plastic contact of self-affine surfaces: Persson’s theory versus discrete dislocation plasticity

Author(s): S.P. Venugopalan, N. Irani, L. Nicola
Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Issue 132, 2019, Page(s) 103676, ISSN 0022-5096
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2019.07.019

Green’s function molecular dynamics including viscoelasticity

Author(s): Jan Steven van Dokkum, Lucia Nicola
Published in: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Issue 27/7, 2019, Page(s) 075006, ISSN 0965-0393
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/ab3031

Modeling adhesive contacts under mixed-mode loading

Author(s): M. Khajeh Salehani, N. Irani, L. Nicola
Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Issue 130, 2019, Page(s) 320-329, ISSN 0022-5096
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2019.06.010

Green’s function molecular dynamics: including finite heights, shear, and body fields

Author(s): Syam P Venugopalan, Lucia Nicola, Martin H Müser
Published in: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Issue 25/3, 2017, Page(s) 034001, ISSN 0965-0393
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-651X/aa606b

On the interplay between roughness and viscoelasticity in adhesive hysteresis

Author(s): Francesc Pérez-Ràfols; Jan Steven Van Dokkum; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Issue 170, 2022, ISSN 0022-5096
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105079

A 2D dual-scale method to address contact problems

Author(s): Aramfard, Mohammad; Pérez Rafols, Francisco|||0000-0002-3556-328X; Nicola, Lucia
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 171, 2022, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.107509

Modeling contact deformation of bare and coated rough metal bodies

Author(s): R. Civiero; F. Perez-Rafols; L. Nicola
Published in: Mechanics of Materials, Issue 179, 2023, ISSN 0167-6636
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104583

Modelling surface roughening during plastic deformation of metal crystals under contact shear loading

Author(s): Nilgoon Irani; Lucia Nicola; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Mechanics pf materials, Issue 132, 2019, ISSN 0167-6636
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.02.007

On the retraction of an adhesive cylindrical indenter from a viscoelastic substrate

Author(s): van Dokkum, J.S.; Pérez-Ràfols, Francesc; Dorogin, Leonid; Nicola, L.
Published in: Tribology International, Issue 164, 2021, ISSN 0301-679X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107234

Oscillation of a graphene flake on an undulated substrate with amplitude gradient

Author(s): Jianjun Bian; Lucia Nicola
Published in: Computational Materials Science, Issue 211, 2022, ISSN 0927-0256
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111522

Thesis and dissertations (3)

A seamless multiscale approach to study indentation in metals

Author(s): Mohammad Aramfard
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Padova Digital University Library

Modeling contact between metals by 2D and 3D dislocation dynamics

Author(s): Riccardo Civiero
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Padova Digital University Press

Towards 3-D Green’s function dislocation dynamics

Author(s): Yaswanth Murugesan
Published in: PhD Thesis, 2021
Publisher: Padova Digital University Library