Experimental study of plane elastic contact problems by the pseudocaustics method

Theocaris, PS

dc.contributor.author	Theocaris, PS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:05:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:05:46Z
dc.date.issued	1979	en
dc.identifier.issn	0022-5096	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/8970
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dc.subject.classification	Materials Science, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.classification	Mechanics	en
dc.subject.classification	Physics, Condensed Matter	en
dc.subject.other	ELASTICITY	en
dc.title	Experimental study of plane elastic contact problems by the pseudocaustics method	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1979	en
heal.abstract	The optical method of pseudocaustics can be used for the experimental solution of plane elasticity, smooth contact problems for finite or infinite media in contact of arbitrary shape. This technique constitutes an alternative to the various numerical and experimental techniques for the approximate solution of plane elasticity contact problems. The success in the application of the method of pseudocaustics to plane elasticity contact problems is due to the possibility inherent in this method of the direct determination of the derivative Φ'(z) of the complex potential Φ(z) of N.I. Muskhelishvili along the boundaries of the media in contact. Then, the Muskhelishvili complex potentials, Φ(z) and Ψ(z), completely characterizing the state of stress and strain in a plane elastic medium, can easily be determined at any point of the media in contact after simple algebraic calculations. Two applications of the proposed method to contact problems of practical interest are also made. © 1979.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1979HD46600002	en
dc.identifier.volume	27	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	15	en
dc.identifier.epage	32	en