Closed-Form Equations for Contact Force and Moment in Elastic Contact of Rough Surfaces

It is reasonable to expect that, when two nominally flat rough surfaces are brought into contact by an applied resultant force, they must support, in addition to the compressive load, an induced moment. The existence of a net applied moment would imply noneven distribution of contact force so that t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ali Sepehri, Kambiz Farhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Modelling and Simulation in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/739562