FE macro/micro models for contact temperature analysis of a steel asperity sliding over a normally oriented CF/PEEK composite surface

FE contact and thermal macro/micro models have been developed to study the real thermal behaviour of a fibre/matrix micro-structure under sliding motion of a steel asperity. At first the contact parameters were evaluated using an approximate contact technique, followed by a transient thermal FE evaluation. The latter considers the heat partition between the steel asperity and the real fibre/matrix micro-environment of a normally oriented CF/PEEK composite.