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A Numerical Model for Investigating the Effect of Viscoelasticity on the Partial Slip Solution

Materials 2022 9 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Dongze Wang, Gregory de Boer, Ali Ghanbarzadeh

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Researchers developed a numerical model to investigate the effect of viscoelastic material properties on the partial slip solution in contact mechanics, examining how viscoelasticity alters stress and displacement fields at the contact interface compared to purely elastic assumptions.

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