Journal Publications on Contact Mechanics of Adhesion

Dr. George G. Adams
Research Summary

The mechanics of adhesion is especially important at small scales. For example, as the scale of a spherical contact decreases from mm's to micrometers or nanometers, the relative importance of adhesion compared to body forces increases by a factor of 106 and 1012 respectively. Professor Adams' research has focused both on micro- and nano-scale contacts. It has relevance in MEMS as well as in nano-mechanics.


D. Hu and G.G. Adams, "Adhesion of a Micro-/Nano- Beam/Plate to a Sinusoidal/Grooved Surface," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 99, 2016, pp. 40-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.08.008

G. Stan and G.G. Adams, "Adhesive Contact Between a Rigid Spherical Indenter and an Elastic Multi-Layer Coated Substrate," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 87, 2016, pp. 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.02.043

F. Oweiss and G.G. Adams, "Adhesion of an Axisymmetric Elastic Body: Ranges of Validity of Monomial Approximations and a Transition Model," Tribology International, Vol. 100, 2016, pp. 287-292. DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.02.012

J.R. Parent, and G.G. Adams, "Adhesion-Induced Tangential Driving Force Acting on a Spherical Particle Lying on a Sinusoidal Surface," Journal of Adhesion, Vol. 92, 2016, pp. 273-281. DOI: 10.1080/00218464.2015.1026333

G.G. Adams, "Stick, Partial Slip and Sliding in the Plane Strain Micro Contact of Two Elastic Bodies," Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 1, 2014, 140363. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140363

G.G. Adams, "Adhesion and Pull-Off Force of an Elastic Indenter from an Elastic Half-Space," Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 470, 2014, 20140317. DOI:10.1098/rspa.2014.0317

J.R. Parent and G.G. Adams, "A Model of a Trapped Particle Under a Plate Adhering to a Rigid Surface," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 80, 2013, 051011. DOI:10.1115/1.4023625

H. Eid, N. Joshi, N.E. McGruer, and G.G. Adams, "A Model of Contact With Adhesion of a Layered Elastic-Plastic Microsphere With a Rigid Flat Surface," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 133, 2011, 031406. DOI: 10.1115/1.4004343

C. Majidi and G.G. Adams, "Adhesion and Delamination Boundary Conditions for Elastic Plates with Arbitrary Contact Shape," Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 37, 2010, pp. 214-218. DOI:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2010.01.002

C. Majidi and G.G. Adams, "A Simplified Formulation of Adhesion problems With Elastic Plates," Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 465, 2009, pp. 2217-2230. DOI:10.1098/rspa.2009.0060

Y.-C. Wu and G.G. Adams, "Plastic Yield Conditions for Adhesive Contacts Between a Rigid Sphere and an Elastic Half-Space," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 131, 2009, No. 1, 011403. DOI:10.1115/1.3002329

A. Pamp, and G.G. Adams, "Deformation of Bowed Silicon Chips Due to Adhesion and Applied Pressure," Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol. 21, 2007, pp. 1021-1043. DOI: 10.1163/156856107782105963

A.O. Sergici, G.G. Adams, and S. Muftu, "Adhesion in the Contact of a Spherical Indenter With a Layered Elastic Half-Space," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 54, No. 9, 2006, pp. 1843-1861. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2006.03.005

O.T. Sari, G.G. Adams, and S. Muftu, "Nano-Scale Effects in the Sliding and Rolling of a Cylinder on a Substrate," ASME Joural of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72, No. 5, 2005, pp.633-640. DOI: 10.1115/1.1831291

G.G. Adams, and S. Muftu, "Improvements to a Scale-Dependent Model for Contact and Friction," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 38, No.9, 2005, pp. 1402-1409. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/9/012

G.G. Adams, "ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 71, No. 5, 2004, pp. 851-856. DOI: 10.1115/1.1794702

G.G. Adams, S. Muftu, S, and N. Mohd Azhar, "A Scale Dependent Model for Contact and Friction," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 125, 2003, pp. 700-708. DOI: 10.1115/1.1573232

G.G. Adams and M. Nosonovsky, " Contact Modeling -- Forces," Tribology International, Vol. 33, No. 5-6, 2000, pp. 431-442. DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(00)00063-3

Dr. George G. Adams