... distances perpendicular to the height direction of the profile between adjacent asperities on anisotropic contact surfaces is investigated for the first time, and it is found that the distribution of the horizontal distances is very close to the normal distribution, but the values are different in different...

... properties (in the form of normal distribution of the elastic modulus) on the fatigue lives are investigated. It is observed that the fatigue lives calculated and their Weibull slopes are in good agreement with previous experimental and analytical results. It is noted that introducing inhomogeneous material...