A homodyne quadrature laser interferometer for micro-asperity deformation analysis

Pogačnik, Aljaž (author), Požar, Tomaž (author), Kalin, Mitjan (author), Možina, Janez (author)

We report on the successful realization of a contactless, non-perturbing, displacement-measuring system for characterizing the surface roughness of polymer materials used in tribological applications. A single, time-dependent, scalar value, dubbed the collective micro-asperity deformation, is extracted from the normal-displacement measurements of normally loaded polymer samples. The displacement measurements with a sub-nanometer resolution are obtained with a homodyne quadrature laser interferometer. The measured collective micro-asperity deformation is critical for a determination of the real contact area and thus for the realistic contact conditions in tribological applications. The designed measuring system senses both the bulk creep as well as the micro-asperity creep occurring at the roughness peaks. The final results of our experimental measurements are three time-dependent values of the collective micro-asperity deformation for the three selected surface roughnesses. These values can be directly compared to theoretical deformation curves, which can be derived using existing real-contact-area models.

• Language: English
• Keywords: polymers, tribology, micro-asperity, deformation, laser interferometry, homodyne detection, displacement, real contact area, roughness, creep
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2013
• Number of pages: Str. 703-720
• Numbering: Vol. 13, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-129506
• UDC: 539.92:531.715
• ISSN on article: 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s130100703
• COBISS.SI-ID: 12590619
• Publication date in RUL: 02.09.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sensors
• Shortened title: Sensors
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-8220
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10176278

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• License: CC BY 3.0, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
• Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
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• Licensing start date: 07.01.2013

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: polimeri, tribologija, mikro vršički, deformacija, laserska interferometrija, homodinska detekcija, pomik

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: European Social Fund