Determining the contact area in elastic-indentation problems
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Strain Analysis
- Vol. 9 (4) , 230-232
- https://doi.org/10.1243/03093247v094230
Abstract
A general relationship is established, determining the contact area in the indentation of an elastic half-space. Contact pressure is shown to increase monotonically with load throughout the contact area.Keywords
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