The Effect of Coating Properties on Various Parameters in a Loaded Coated Spherical Elastic Contact
Thin hard coatings are widely used in many mechanical systems
with contact between moving parts. These coatings are used in order to improve
tribological performance such as wear and friction reduction, corrosion
resistance and enhance conductivity to name a few. Thin coatings can be found in
different applications such as cutting tools and magnetic storage among others.
The goal of this study is to find universal relations between contact parameters
of a coated spherical elastic contact for different mechanical and geometrical
properties.