Abstract
A new decision procedure on fretting fatigue and wear process analysis integrating total wear behaviour was proposed as a simulation technique used commercial FEM cord. The validity of this approach was verified using a simple wear model under elastic and elastic-plastic analysis condition. The fatigue lives near fatigue limit were exactly predicted by considering total-wear behaviour in wear process analysis. A procedure of simulating the accumulation of wear debris was proposed for discussing the location of fatigue crack initiation at fretting contact area.
