JAM 1978 Abstract
An Elastic Strip Pressed Against an Elastic Half
Plane by a Steadily Moving Force
G.G. Adams
Summary
An infinite elastic strip is pressed against an elastic half plane of a different
material by a steadily moving concentrated force. Using the plane strain theory of
elasticity, it is shown that the problem can be decomposed into its symmetric and
antisymmetric parts. These mixed boundary-value problems are then solved by reduction
to Fredholm integral equations subject to certain other conditions. For various material
combinations, and a range of speed, the extent and location of the contact region as well
as the contact pressure will be computed and illustrated graphically.
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