title: Contact area between a viscoelastic solid and a hard, randomly rough, substrate.
abstract: We study the time-dependent contact area as a viscoelastic solid is squeezed against a randomly rough substrate. Using a recently developed contact mechanics theory we study how the contact area depends on time and on the magnification zeta. Numerical results are presented for self-affine fractal surfaces, and applications to tack, rubber friction, and sealing are given.
authors.affiliation: IFF, FZ-Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany. b.persson@fz-juelich.de
authors.forename: B N J
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Albohr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Creton
authors.forename: V
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authors.lastname: Peveri