Surface height data used for the calculations presented in arXiv:2507.14054 and arXiv:2508.15492

This dataset contains the surface height topographies used in the numerical simulations and theoretical analysis presented in:

• Surface separation in elastoplastic contacts (Almqvist & Persson, 2025, arXiv:2507.14054)

• Multiscale contact mechanics for elastoplastic contacts (Almqvist & Persson, 2025, arXiv:2508.15492)

The surfaces are provided as xyz triplets describing the topography of self-affine fractal rough surfaces. Several topographies of different system sizes were generated (e.g., 2048-8, 4096-16, 8192-32), characterized by the ratio of the highest to lowest wavenumber (2048, 4096, 8192) and by the width of the high-wavenumber cut-off region (8, 16, 32).

These data served as input to boundary element method (BEM) simulations of frictionless contact between a rigid flat and an elastic–perfectly plastic half-space, exhibiting the roughness defined by the present height maps. The simulations assumed Young’s modulus: 250 GPa, Poisson’s ratio: 0, and Penetration hardness: 150 GPa.

The dataset enables reproduction of the results presented in the manuscripts.

File contents:

• *.txt files with three columns: x [m], y [m], z [m]

Applications:
These data can be reused for studies of multiscale contact mechanics, elastoplastic contact area, interfacial separation, sealing, leakage, and wear.

License: CC-BY 4.0. Please cite this dataset DOI and the associated publications when reusing the data.