Class information for:
Level 1: ELASTIC PLASTIC CONTACT//SPHERICAL CONTACT//CONTACT MECHANICS

Basic class information

ID Publications Average number
of references
Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
4477 1705 23.4 45%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)



ID, lev.
above
Publications Label for level above
566 13683 WEAR//FRETTING FATIGUE//ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE

Terms with highest relevance score



Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 ELASTIC PLASTIC CONTACT Author keyword 57 70% 3% 48
2 SPHERICAL CONTACT Author keyword 24 63% 1% 24
3 CONTACT MECHANICS Author keyword 22 13% 9% 158
4 METHOD OF REDUCTION OF DIMENSIONALITY Author keyword 21 90% 1% 9
5 REAL CONTACT AREA Author keyword 9 29% 2% 26
6 ROUGH SURFACES Author keyword 8 13% 3% 58
7 RUBBER FRICTION Author keyword 8 44% 1% 14
8 ASPERITY Author keyword 7 18% 2% 37
9 JUNCTION GROWTH Author keyword 6 58% 0% 7
10 ELASTIC CONTACT Author keyword 6 26% 1% 19

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 ELASTIC PLASTIC CONTACT 57 70% 3% 48 Search ELASTIC+PLASTIC+CONTACT Search ELASTIC+PLASTIC+CONTACT
2 SPHERICAL CONTACT 24 63% 1% 24 Search SPHERICAL+CONTACT Search SPHERICAL+CONTACT
3 CONTACT MECHANICS 22 13% 9% 158 Search CONTACT+MECHANICS Search CONTACT+MECHANICS
4 METHOD OF REDUCTION OF DIMENSIONALITY 21 90% 1% 9 Search METHOD+OF+REDUCTION+OF+DIMENSIONALITY Search METHOD+OF+REDUCTION+OF+DIMENSIONALITY
5 REAL CONTACT AREA 9 29% 2% 26 Search REAL+CONTACT+AREA Search REAL+CONTACT+AREA
6 ROUGH SURFACES 8 13% 3% 58 Search ROUGH+SURFACES Search ROUGH+SURFACES
7 RUBBER FRICTION 8 44% 1% 14 Search RUBBER+FRICTION Search RUBBER+FRICTION
8 ASPERITY 7 18% 2% 37 Search ASPERITY Search ASPERITY
9 JUNCTION GROWTH 6 58% 0% 7 Search JUNCTION+GROWTH Search JUNCTION+GROWTH
10 ELASTIC CONTACT 6 26% 1% 19 Search ELASTIC+CONTACT Search ELASTIC+CONTACT

Key Words Plus



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 ELASTIC CONTACT 70 56% 5% 84
2 ELASTIC PLASTIC CONTACT 64 66% 3% 59
3 RUBBER FRICTION 44 47% 4% 69
4 RIGID FLAT 38 59% 2% 42
5 ROUGH SURFACES 33 12% 15% 263
6 WEIERSTRASS PROFILE 30 69% 1% 25
7 GREENWOOD 21 75% 1% 15
8 SPHERICAL CONTACT 21 46% 2% 33
9 ELASTIC PLASTIC MODEL 20 50% 2% 29
10 ASPERITY CONTACT 19 50% 2% 28

Journals

Reviews



Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references
% act. ref.
to same field
On the nature of surface roughness with application to contact mechanics, sealing, rubber friction and adhesion 2005 282 43 30%
Contact mechanics for randomly rough surfaces 2006 128 36 31%
Partial Slip Contact Analysis on Three-Dimensional Elastic Layered Half Space 2010 18 15 60%
Revisiting the Cattaneo-Mindlin Concept of Interfacial Slip in Tangentially Loaded Compliant Bodies 2010 16 30 60%
Statistical Models of Rough Surfaces for Finite Element 3D-Contact Analysis 2009 11 50 52%
Experimental Study of the Performance of Static Seals Based on Measurements of Real Contact Area Using Thin Polycarbonate Films 2010 1 6 100%
A review of boundary elements methodologies for elastic and viscoelastic rough contact mechanics 2014 0 34 79%
Dry and wet contact modeling of multilayered rough solid surfaces 2008 2 29 69%
Simulation of wave processes under conditions of friction of rough surfaces (review) 2003 0 1 100%
Contact problems for textured surfaces involving frictional effects 2014 0 17 47%

Address terms



Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ.
in class
1 TRIBO 5 50% 0.4% 7
2 MIKROTRIBOL TC 4 75% 0.2% 3
3 MOTOR ENGN 4 75% 0.2% 3
4 PETER GRUNBERG 1 2 38% 0.3% 5
5 MECH ENGN SAFETY TECH 2 67% 0.1% 2
6 UMR 8517 MET PHYS GENIE MAT 2 67% 0.1% 2
7 LEHRSTUHL MAT SIMULAT 2 50% 0.2% 3
8 SOFT MATTER SCI ENGN SIMM 2 50% 0.2% 3
9 MFG PROC PROD ORG 2 36% 0.2% 4
10 SUR E TECHNOL TRIBOL 2 16% 0.5% 9

Related classes at same level (level 1)



Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000141376 JKR//JKR THEORY//NANOMECH NANOMAT
2 0.0000125605 FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION//STANDARD BULLET//PRECIS TECHNOL
3 0.0000099653 THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE//THERMAL CONTACT RESISTANCE//MOVING HEAT SOURCES
4 0.0000091803 BALL CRATERING//MICRO ABRASION//MICRO SCALE ABRASION
5 0.0000075805 FRETTING FATIGUE//FRETTING//FRETTING WEAR
6 0.0000074418 SKID RESISTANCE//STRASSENWESEN AACHEN//CHIP SEAL
7 0.0000073757 LASER SURFACE TEXTURING//MECHANICAL SEALS//FACE SEALS
8 0.0000072638 ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION//HIGH P SURE RHEOL//EHL
9 0.0000071913 ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE//PEARLITIC RAIL STEEL//RAILWAY RAILS
10 0.0000064992 SCUFFING//AL390 T6//CARBON DIOXIDE REFRIGERANT