Numerical and experimental study of C/C composites under tribological loading

Abstract : This work is devoted to the numerical study of a composite under dynamic tribological loading. The aim of this study is to define an homogeneous model, obtained for static loading and built from an heterogeneous one, that represents the real behavior of the composite. The equivalence of the vibratory behavior between homogeneous and heterogeneous models is emphasized. This equivalence has been studied under dynamical loading without contact. Then a non linear dynamical explicit finite element model is used to check if the homogeneous model represents the heterogeneous ones under dynamic tribological loading. Finally an experimental work, that confirms presence of high frequencies obtained numerically, is discussed.