Materials and mechanical engineering researchers studying wear, fretting, elastic indentation testing and other tribological processes frequently need closed-form solutions for various attributes of contacts. These characteristics include contact law, pressure distribution, internal state of stress induced and the influence of friction. These solutions, scattered throughout the applied mechanics literature, are difficult to locate, are presented using a range of solution techniques, and express
results in a way that is suitable only for experts in the field. `Mechanics of Elastic Contacts' uses a consistent set of recipes for the solution of all relevant problems, presents results in the simplest possible forms, and contains summaries using
tabulated data. This reference source will provide a clear guide to elastic contacts for engineering designers, materials scientists and tribologists irrespective of their level of expertise in this important subject.

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CONTENTS INCLUDE: Introduction: Essential solid mechanics; Plane Contact Problems: Plane contacts: surface tractions; Plane contacts: interior stress fields; Plane contacts: partial slip; Plane contacts: mathematical techniques; Axi-symmetric Contact Problems: Axi-symmetric contacts: surface tractions; Axi-symmetric contacts: interior stress field; Axi-symmetric contacts: partial slip; Axi-symmetric problems: mathematical techniques; Three dimensional contacts: Elliptical contacts; Rectangular contacts; Potential theory; Applications: Contact of layered bodies; Rough contacts and numerical methods; Practical applications of contact mechanics; Appendices; References; Index.