Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4922033 International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation on pavement.•Tire-aggregate interaction.•Friction mechanism.

The friction between tire and road surface is fundamentally depending on the molecular forces. In this paper, the nanoscale 3D contact model is employed to investigate the tire-aggregate friction mechanism. The tire and aggregate micro-structure are both constructed to evaluate the microscopic performance of tire-aggregate friction influence. Simulation results show for a high velocity, the energy dissipation of sliding on crystal structure is small, which results in a small friction coefficient; temperature will have influences on the friction coefficient, and with the increasing of velocity, the effect will gradually reduce.

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