Deterministic surface tractions in rough contact under stick–slip condition: Application to fretting fatigue crack initiation.

Highlights: [•] Pressure and tangential traction distributions for cyclic loading is presented. [•] Influence of roughness on traction and sub-surface stress field is evaluated. [•] Crack initiation life subject to stick–slip fretting is predicted. [•] Crack initiation risk predictions are compared to experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]