Contact analyses for anisotropic half space: effect of the anisotropy on the pressure distribution and contact area

Caroline Bagault (1, 2) , Daniel Nelias (1, 2) , Marie-Christine Baietto (1, 3)

1 LaMCoS - Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures [Villeurbanne]
2 MULTIMAP - Mécanique multiphysique pour les matériaux et les procédés
3 MIMESIS - Mécanique Multiéchelle pour les solides

A contact model using semi-analytical methods, relying on elementary analytical solutions, has been developed. It is based on numerical techniques adapted to contact mechanics, with strong potential for inelastic, inhomogeneous or anisotropic materials. Recent developments aim to quantify displacements and stresses of an anisotropic material contacting both an isotropic or anisotropic material. The influence of symmetry axes on the contact solution will be more specifically analyzed.

Domaines: Mécanique des solides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des solides [physics.class-ph]

Caroline Bagault, Daniel Nelias, Marie-Christine Baietto. Contact analyses for anisotropic half space: effect of the anisotropy on the pressure distribution and contact area. Journal of Tribology, 2012, 134, pp.031401-1-8. ⟨10.1115/1.4006747⟩. ⟨hal-00938302⟩