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Tribology International 108 (2017) 95–110 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tribology International journal homepage: /locate/triboint Predicting a contacts sensitivity to initial conditions using metrics of frictional coupling R.C. Fliceka,?, M.R.W. Brakeb,c,1, D.A. Hillsd a Akima Infrastructure Services, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA b Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87175, USA c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77251, USA d Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK MARK ARTICLE INFO Keywords: Frictional coupling Fretting Shakedown Contact ABSTRACT This paper examines two metrics of frictional coupling, which are then used to predict how sensitive a frictional contacts steady-state behavior is to its initial conditions. Based on a large set of numerical simulations with di?erent contact geometries, material combinations, and friction coe?cients, a contacts sensitivity to initial conditions is found to be correlated with the product of the coupling metric and the friction coe?cient. For cyclic shear loading, this correlation is maintained for simulations with di?erent contact geometries, material combinations, and friction coe?cients. However, for cyclic bulk loading, the correlation is only maintained when the contact edge angle is held constant. 1. Introduction Engineered structures often comprise multiple components that are fastened together at frictional interfaces, and these interfaces are frequently subjected to a static load superposed with a oscillatory load (e.g. due to vibrations). Applications in which these loading conditions arise include riveted and bolted joints [1,2], dove-tail connections in jet engines [3,4], and spline couplings [5,6]. Although the interfaces in components such as these usually appear to be stuck together, zones of micro-slip commonly develop at the edges of cont