Surfaces and Contact Mechanics

 

This list will guide you to the currently available sections of the course:

Part One:Surfaces and Surface Characterization

(Lecture 1) Defining Surfaces, Solid/Vapor Interfaces, and Liquid/Liquid Interfaces

(Lecture 2) Surface Stress and Surface Free Energy

(Lecture 3) The T-L-K Model and Relaxation and Reconstruction

Homework One

 

Experimental Techniques to Characterize Surfaces

(Lecture 4) Electron Optics

(Lecture 5) Electron-Surface Interactions and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)

(Lecture 6) Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS)

(Lecture 7) Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)

(Lecture 8) Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM)

(Lecture 9) Other Scanning Probe Microscopies (SPM)

(Lecture 10) Profilometry I: An Introduction (The ASME Standard)

(Lecture 11) Profilometry II: Extensions Beyond the ASME Standard

Exam One

 

Part Two: Contact Mechanics

Mechanical Properties of Materials

(Lecture 12) Classical Theory of Elastic Deformation

(Lecture 13) General Formulation of Elastic Strain and Stress

 

 

 

These topics are in the text:

 

Plane Strain/Stress Formulation and Examples

Hertzian Contact Theory

Non-Hertzian Contact

Contact of Inelastic Solids

Dynamic Effects and Impact

Thermoelastic Contacts

Sliding Contact and Friction

 

References