Stress field in the thermoelastic rolling contact of graded coatings

The thermoelastic rolling contact problem for an FGM-coated half plane under the plane strain deformation is studied in this paper. A rigid roller rolls over the surface of coating with constant translational velocity generating frictional heating in the slip zones of the contact patch. The material properties of the FGM vary exponentially along the thickness direction. It is assumed that the contact area consists of a central stick zone and two slip zones of the same sign. The transfer matrix method and Fourier integral transform technique are used to achieve a system of two Cauchy singular integral equations. The coupling effect of tangential traction is eliminated by adapting the conventional Goodman approximation. The associated governing equations are discretized by applying the Gauss–Chebyshev integration method gaining a system of linear algebraic equations. The effects of moving velocity, thermal conductivity and expansion coefficients’ ratios on through the thickness stress distribution are studied.