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Tribology International 105 (2017) 274–291 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tribology International journal homepage: /locate/triboint Statistical models of nearly complete elastic rough surface contact-comparison with numerical solutions Yang Xu?, Robert L. Jackson Mechanical Engineering Department, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA crossmark ARTICLE INFO Keywords: Elasticity Contact mechanics Roughness Statistical model ABSTRACT Extensive studies exist on the limiting case of the contact of homogeneous, isotropic, elastic nominally ?at rough surfaces in which the real area of contact is relatively small in comparison to the nominal contact area, e.g., Greenwood–Williamson (GW) model. Another limiting case, where the real area of contact is nearly the same as the nominal contact area, has received much less attention. This case is referred to as nearly complete contact. In a recent paper, Xu et al. [32] developed a statistical approach under the framework of GW model to simulate the nearly complete contact. Non-contact area consists of numerous non-contact regions. Each non-contact area is treated as a mode-I crack. The distribution of the non-contact regions is equivalent to that of the asperities of the “pressure surface” (the geometry of the pressure distribution when complete contact occurs) and can be quanti?ed statistically by Nayaks random theory if two mating surfaces are Gaussian. Three statistical models, namely (i) the modi?ed Greenwood–Williamson (GW) model, (ii) the modi?ed Nayak–Bush model and (iii) the modi?ed Greenwood model, are developed. In the current paper, the non-contact ratio and the average interfacial gap predicted by the above three statistical models, together with the Persson model, are compared with the deterministic numerical model within the range of the nearly complete contact. A new algorithm is developed to generate the rough surfaces which are isotropic, Gaussian and fractal. Four di?erent surface groups are generated wit