Contact Mechanics

This treatise is concerned with the stresses and deformation of solid bodies in contact with each other.

K. L. Johnson (Author)

9780521347969, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 August 1987

468 pages
23.3 x 15.9 x 2.9 cm, 0.71 kg

This treatise is concerned with the stresses and deformation of solid bodies in contact with each other, along curved surfaces which touch initially at a point or along a line. Examples are a railway wheel and rail, or a pair of gear wheel teeth. Professor Johnson first reviews the development of the theory of contact stresses since the problem was originally addressed by H. Hertz in 1882. Next he discusses the influence of friction and the topographical roughness of surfaces, and this is incorporated into the theory of contact mechanics. An important feature is the treatment of bodies which deform plastically or viscoelastically. In addition to stationary contact, an appreciable section of the book is concerned with bodies which are in sliding or rolling contact, or which collide.

Preface
1. Motion and forces at a point of contact
2. Line loading of an elastic half-space
3. Point loading of an elastic half-space
4. Normal contact of elastic solids - Hertz theory
5. Non-Herzian normal contact of elastic bodies
6. Normal contact of inelastic solids
7. Tangential loading and sliding contact
8. Rolling contact of elastic bodies
9. Rolling contact of inelastic bodies
10. Calendering and lubrication
11. Dynamic effects and impact
12. Thermoelastic contact
13. Rough surfaces
Appendices
References and author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC]