Abstract: The problem considered is contact between two dissimilar elastic cylinders, having their axes parallel and sliding in a direction normal to the axes. The traction distribution is determined, as ...

Abstract: The complete stress field generated beneath an arbitrarily profiled axisymmetric indentor is found, both for normal indentation, and sliding. It is shown that a shallower profile than that of ...

Abstract: Line contact between two elastic cylinders, one having a rough surface modelled as a periodic waviness is considered. The effects of asperity tip radius and characteristic wavelength on the ...

Abstract: The stress field induced by the mutual compression of two spheres having dissimilar elastic constants is deduced. Solutions are found assuming full slip, full stick, and partial slip at the ...

Abstract: The problem of plane elastic contact between a symmetrical indentor and a half-plane is addressed. The form of the contacting profile of the indentor is represented in terms of Chebyshev ...

Abstract: The interfacial contact pressure and shear traction distributions are found for a sphere pressed onto an elastically similar half-space whose surface is populated by a uniform array of spherical ...

Abstract: A general method is described for deducing the stresses induced in a half-space by an axisymmetric pressure distribution applied over a small area of the surface. The technique is illustrated ...

Abstract: Analytical solutions are presented for the stress field induced in an elastic half space by a sphere pressed normally into its surface, and twisted. It is found that the stresses decay rapidly ...

Abstract: Stress intensity factors are determined for cracks in the form of a frustum of a cone, and loaded by a Hertzian contact pressure distribution using a global-local finite element solution. These ...

Abstract: An analysis is presented of the stresses induced by sliding between two bodies having different elastic constants. It is assumed that the bodies are plane (i.e., two dimensional), are symmetrical ...