Abstract: The class of contact problems involving inflated cylindrical membranes is studied. It is shown that the governing equations can be reduced to quadratures provided that the contact stress is ...

Abstract: A family of axially symmetrical balloons characterized by a small slenderness parameter ε is considered. The balloons are inflated by pressures proportional to ε−1 . It is shown that as ε ...

Abstract: It is well known that the solution of an elastica subjected to end loads can be obtained in terms of elliptic functions. In the present paper, the combined problem of elastic contact between ...