| Meeting the contact-mechanics challenge MH Müser, WB Dapp, R Bugnicourt, P Sainsot, N Lesaffre, TA Lubrecht, ... Tribology Letters 65, 1-18, 2017 | 358 | 2017 |
| A new efficient numerical method for contact mechanics of rough surfaces C Putignano, L Afferrante, G Carbone, G Demelio International Journal of Solids and Structures 49 (2), 338-343, 2012 | 194 | 2012 |
| The influence of the statistical properties of self-affine surfaces in elastic contacts: A numerical investigation C Putignano, L Afferrante, G Carbone, G Demelio Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 60 (5), 973-982, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
| Interacting and coalescing Hertzian asperities: A new multiasperity contact model L Afferrante, G Carbone, G Demelio Wear 278, 28-33, 2012 | 114 | 2012 |
| Is Weibull’s modulus really a material constant? Example case with interacting collinear cracks L Afferrante, M Ciavarella, E Valenza International Journal of Solids and Structures 43 (17), 5147-5157, 2006 | 95 | 2006 |
| Elastic contact mechanics of randomly rough surfaces: an assessment of advanced asperity models and Persson’s theory L Afferrante, F Bottiglione, C Putignano, BNJ Persson, G Carbone Tribology Letters 66, 1-13, 2018 | 88 | 2018 |
| Adhesion of elastic thin films: double peeling of tapes versus axisymmetric peeling of membranes L Afferrante, G Carbone, G Demelio, N Pugno Tribology Letters 52, 439-447, 2013 | 75 | 2013 |
| Effect of thickness and boundary conditions on the behavior of viscoelastic layers in sliding contact with wavy profiles N Menga, L Afferrante, G Carbone Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 95, 517-529, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| A multiscale analysis of elastic contacts and percolation threshold for numerically generated and real rough surfaces C Putignano, L Afferrante, G Carbone, GP Demelio Tribology International 64, 148-154, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Transient analysis of frictionally excited thermoelastic instability in multi-disk clutches and brakes L Afferrante, M Ciavarella, P Decuzzi, G Demelio Wear 254 (1-2), 136-146, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| Interaction of thermal contact resistance and frictional heating in thermoelastic instability M Ciavarella, L Johansson, L Afferrante, A Klarbring, JR Barber International Journal of Solids and Structures 40 (21), 5583-5597, 2003 | 63 | 2003 |
| Adhesive and adhesiveless contact mechanics of elastic layers on slightly wavy rigid substrates N Menga, L Afferrante, G Carbone International Journal of Solids and Structures 88, 101-109, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| Sliding thermoelastodynamic instability L Afferrante, M Ciavarella, JR Barber Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering …, 2006 | 58 | 2006 |
| The ultratough peeling of elastic tapes from viscoelastic substrates L Afferrante, G Carbone Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 96, 223-234, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
| Rough contact of sliding viscoelastic layers: Numerical calculations and theoretical predictions N Menga, L Afferrante, GP Demelio, G Carbone Tribology International 122, 67-75, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
| Adhesion control by inflation: implications from biology to artificial attachment device K Dening, L Heepe, L Afferrante, G Carbone, SN Gorb Applied Physics A 116, 567-573, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
| On the effective surface energy in viscoelastic Hertzian contacts L Afferrante, G Violano Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 158, 104669, 2022 | 44 | 2022 |
| Microstructured superhydrorepellent surfaces: effect of drop pressure on fakir-state stability and apparent contact angles L Afferrante, G Carbone Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22 (32), 325107, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Viscoelasticity induces anisotropy in contacts of rough solids C Putignano, N Menga, L Afferrante, G Carbone Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 129, 147-159, 2019 | 41 | 2019 |
| The multiple V-shaped double peeling of elastic thin films from elastic soft substrates N Menga, L Afferrante, NM Pugno, G Carbone Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 113, 56-64, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
