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This still-relevant classical solution provides a foundation for modern problems in contact mechanics. For example, in mechanical engineering and tribology, Hertzian contact stress is a description of the stress within mating parts. The Hertzian contact stress usually refers to the stress close to the area of contact between two spheres of ...
In railways, for example, when the train wheel rolls on the rail, creating a small contact patch that leads to very high contact pressure between the rail and wheel. [2] Over time, the repeated passing of wheels with high contact pressures can cause the formation of crack-like flaws that becomes small cracks. [2]
Finally there are the processes at the contact interface: compression and adhesion in the direction perpendicular to the interface, and friction and micro-slip in the tangential directions. The last aspect is the primary concern of contact mechanics. It is described in terms of so-called contact conditions. For the direction perpendicular to ...
Bearing pressure for a cylinder-cylinder contact. In the case of a revolute joint or of a hinge joint, there is a contact between a male cylinder and a female cylinder.The complexity depends on the situation, and three cases are distinguished:
Projectiles apply a Hertzian contact stress at the point of impact to a solid body, with compression stresses under the point, but with bending loads a short distance away. Since most materials are weaker in tension than compression, this is the zone where cracks tend to form and grow.
Contact dynamics deals with the motion of multibody systems subjected to unilateral contacts and friction. [1] Such systems are omnipresent in many multibody dynamics applications. Consider for example Contacts between wheels and ground in vehicle dynamics; Squealing of brakes due to friction induced oscillations
For example, corroded jumper cable clamps can frustrate attempts to start a vehicle that has a low battery. Dirty or corroded contacts on a fuse or its holder can give the false impression that the fuse is blown. A sufficiently high contact resistance can cause substantial heating in a high current device. Unpredictable or noisy contacts are a ...
Stress may exist in the absence of external forces; such built-in stress is important, for example, in prestressed concrete and tempered glass. Stress may also be imposed on a material without the application of net forces , for example by changes in temperature or chemical composition, or by external electromagnetic fields (as in piezoelectric ...