Method of evaluating contact characteristics, and computer product
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasatoshi Kuwajima, Toshihiko Okano
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Abstract
A method of evaluating contact characteristics of an object having a roughness includes setting geometric shape data for the roughness; creating a roughness model and a structure model that comes in contact with the roughness, based on the geometric shape data set; making the roughness model and the structure model come in contact with each other; acquiring a physical amount occurring at least one of a contact region of the roughness model and a contact region of the structure model; and obtaining an evaluation value for evaluating a real contact state in the contact region between the roughness model and the structure model, from the physical amount acquired.
Claims12
A method of evaluating contact characteristics of an object having a roughness, the method comprising:
- setting geometric shape data for the roughness;
- creating a roughness model and a structure model that comes in contact with the roughness, based on the geometric shape data set;
- making the roughness model and the structure model come in contact with each other;
- acquiring a physical amount occurring at least one of a contact region of the roughness model and a contact region of the structure model;
- and
- obtaining an evaluation value for evaluating a real contact state in the contact region between the roughness model and the structure model, from the physical amount acquired.
A computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program for evaluating contact characteristics of an object having a roughness, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute
- setting geometric shape data for the roughness;
- creating a roughness model and a structure model that comes in contact with the roughness, based on the geometric shape data set;
- making the roughness model and the structure model come in contact with each other;
- acquiring a physical amount occurring at least one of a contact region of the roughness model and a contact region of the structure model;
- and
- obtaining an evaluation value for evaluating a real contact state in the contact region between the roughness model and the structure model, from the physical amount acquired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.