TY - CHAP T2 - Proceedings of the 19th AIMETA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics EP - 10 N1 - 19th AIMETA Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Ancona, Italy, September 14-17, 2009 ID - eprints2055 UR - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2055/ Y1 - 2009/// KW - Contact mechanics KW - rough surfaces KW - functionally graded materials. AV - none TI - Contact mechanics of functionally graded rough surfaces N2 - In this paper the Greenwood and Williamson contact theory for microscopically rough surfaces is generalized by considering a grading on the elastic modulus of the asperities. This situation can be representative of surfaces receiving superficial treatments or characterized by a chemical degradation. The effect of an exponential grading on the applied normal load, on the relationship between the real contact area and the load, on the plasticity index, as well as on the contact conductance is illustrated with detailed numerical examples. SP - 1 SN - 9788896378083 PB - Aras Edizioni A1 - Paggi, Marco A1 - Zavarise, Giorgio ER -