Thermal contact resistance between interfaces is an important parameter in the analysis of temperature distribution for structural components. Thermal contact resistance between heat resistant steel 2Cr12NiMoWV/aluminum alloy BH137 interfaces and 2Cr12NiMoWV/titanium alloy γ-TiAl interfaces were experimentally investigated in the present paper. The effects of contact pressure and interface temperature were detailed. The temperature of contacting surfaces was from 80-250 ℃, and the contact pressure ranged from 2-17 MPa. All experiments were conducted in ambient atmosphere. Results showed that thermal contact resistance decreases with an increment of interface temperature or contact pressure. Under the same conditions of contact pressure and interface temperature, thermal contact resistance between 2Cr12NiMoWV and BH137 interfaces is lower than that between 2Cr12NiMoWV and γ-TiAl interfaces. The temperature dependence of thermal conductivity and mechanical properties was analyzed to explain the results. Furthermore, with the piston and piston pin as the research object, steady state temperature fields were simulated in cases of considering thermal contact resistance and without considering thermal contact resistance, respectively. The results showed that the maximum temperature of the piston pin will be lower when thermal contact resistance is considered.

In order to study the heat transfer characteristics between two rough surfaces of two contacting blocks with different bulk temperatures and sliding reciprocating motion, a two-dimensional heat transfer model was used to analyze the dimensionless average heat flux, considering thermal contact conductance. The results of a series simulations were presented, covering a wide range of operating parameters including dimensionless amplitude [Formula: see text], dimensionless frequency [Formula: see text], and measurements of interface conductance [Formula: see text]. The results show that the dimensionless average heat flux increases with the increase of dimensionless frequency and amplitude, and the dimensionless average heat flux rises sharply in the low range of [Formula: see text] and approaches to a steady state approximation when [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].

High temperatures are generated due to the sliding contacts between the rubbing surfaces of the friction clutch system. In this work, by considering the effective thermal contact conductance under sliding conditions, a simulation model of a two-dimensional transient temperature field of the clutch disc was developed. A numerical solution to obtain the surface temperature at different radii was presented based on the finite difference method. Compared with the experimental data, the proposed model for estimating the surface temperature is more accurate than the conventional prediction method. The results showed that the errors of the calculated temperatures at radii of 114 and 106 mm have obviously reduced by 12.98% and 12.60%, respectively. In addition, the influences of pressure and relative speed on the surface temperature were investigated. The temperature increases with the increase of the relative speed and pressure during the sliding period, and there is an interaction effect between pressure and speed on the surface temperature rise.