Interfacial Mechanics Analysis of a Brittle Coating–Ductile Substrate System Involved in Thermoelastic Contact
In this paper, interfacial stress analysis for a brittle coating/ductile substrate system, which is involved in a sliding contact with a rigid ball, is presented. By combining interface mechanics theory and the image point method, stress and displacement responses within a coated material for normal load, tangential load, and thermal load are obtained; further, the Green’s functions are established. The effects of coating thickness, friction coefficient, and a coating’s thermoelastic properties on the interfacial shear stress, τxz, and transverse stress, σxx, distributions are discussed in detail. A phenomenon, where interfacial shear stress tends to be relieved by frictional heating, is found in the case of a coating material’s thermal expansion coefficient being less than a substrate material’s thermal expansion coefficient. Additionally, numerical results show that distribution of interfacial stress can be altered and, therefore, interfacial damage can be modified by adjusting a coating’s structural parameters and thermoelastic properties.
Advances in test and measurement of the interface adhesion and bond strengths in coating-substrate systems, emphasising blister and bulk techniques
In this paper, recent advances in the minimum-destructive testing of the adhesion of coating-substrate systems are reviewed, focusing on key techniques such as micro- and nano-scale levels of indentation, scratching, laser-induced wave shock, as well as the blister and buckle approach. Along with adhesion failure tests, the latest and most extensive applications of the adhesion test methods in nano-, micro- and bulk-coating technology and the associated techniques to determine the minimum damage defects left on the coatings are discussed and their use reviewed.
Fundamental solution for bonded materials with a free surface parallel to the interface. Part I: Solution of concentrated forces acting at the inside of the material with a free surface
Abstract The problem studied in this paper is that of a coated semi-infinite plane subjected to a concentrated force in the upper thin layer (or film). The elastic properties of the coating material are different from those of the substrate, and a perfect bond is assumed between the two materials. The exact solutions of stress functions in a series form are obtained by the method of image. The terms in series form of the stress functions correspond to the image points from the lower order to the higher. The recurrence relations of the stress functions are given, i.e., the stress functions corresponding to the higher order image points are determined by the lower ones. Hence, from the original stress functions for an infinite plane subjected to a concentrated force, the explicit formulas of all terms of the stress function series can be derived. Also, through comparisons between the theoretical results and the numerical results by FEM, it is verified that the convergence rate of the solutions is very rapid. In most practical cases only the first several image points are sufficient to ensure the accuracy of the solutions.