Inverse Problem of Evaluation of the Coefficient of Friction of Layers According to the Data of Measurements of the Surface Displacements

We consider a one-dimensional model of friction contact of two layers of different nature. The lower surface of the first layer is elastically fixed and the second layer is pressed to the upper surface of the first layer and moves along this surface with variable velocity. As a result of friction, heat is produced on the contact surface according to the Amonton's law. For known boundary and initial conditions, we pose the problem of evaluation of the friction coefficient and the intensity of friction heat flux according to given values of the vertical displacements of the upper surface of the second layer. The posed problem is reduced to the inverse contact problem of thermoelasticity described by the Volterra integral equation of the first kind. The solution of the problem obtained by the method of averaging of functional corrections enables us to study the time behavior of the indicated quantities for the entire period of interaction of the bodies and establish the dependence of the friction coefficient on the basic parameters of the process (sliding velocity, contact pressure, and temperature of the contact surface). The solution of the direct contact problem of thermoelasticity is used to perform the numerical verification of the proposed method for the solution of the inverse problem.