Seminar on Friction, Adhesion and Contact Mechanics of Viscoelastic Solids
Prof Giuseppe
Carbone Department of Mechanics Mathematics and Management Politecnico di Bari, Italy This seminar will be chaired by Prof Gao Huajian. |
| Seminar Abstract |
Interaction upon contact between two surfaces plays a major role in a large number of physical phenomena and engineering applications as in the case of structural adhesives, pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA), protective coatings, tire friction, windscreen wipers, lubrication, wear, sealings, to name some. In this lecture, the main results obtained by the tribology research group at Politecnico di Bari – Italy on contact mechanics adhesion and friction of viscoelastic solids will be presented. The lecture treats fundamental aspects of viscoelastic smooth and rough contacts under steady state as well as reciprocating conditions. We show that the viscoelastic properties of the materials, the presence of adhesive forces, the specific working conditions of the system, the morphological properties of the interface play a fundamental role in determining the real tribological behavior of the system and need to be taken into account when designing surfaces and materials with tailored frictional and adhesive properties. |
| Speaker’s Biography |
Prof Giuseppe Carbone is currently Full Professor of Applied Mechanics and Head of the Department of Mechanics Mathematics and Management at Politecnico di Bari (Italy). In 2010, he founded the Tribology Lab. He has been Visiting Scientist at the Juelich Research Center (D) and at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is currently permanent Academic Visitor at the Imperial College London and Visiting Scholar at University of North Texas. His scientific interests focus mainly on tribology, contact mechanics, adhesion biomimetics, superhydrophobicity, mechanical transmissions. Since 2015, he has been working on swarm intelligence and specifically on the mechanisms enabling the emergence of Collective Intelligence in complex systems. His research has been funded over the years with more than € 8 million. He serves as Associate Editor of Chaos Solitons and Fractals, and of the Journal Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering (Tribology Section). He is member of the Editorial Board of (i) Tribology International, (ii) Biomimetics, (iii) ISRN Tribology. He also served as Guest Editor, of Biomimetics, Coatings, Lubricants, and Applied Science. His H-index is 38 (source: Scopus). He authored about 270 publications, of which about 175 in archive journals indexed in Scopus and received about 4500 citations. |