Introduction to Contact Mechanics

Dealing with such topics as fracture, hardness, and elasticity, this text for advanced undergraduates begins with an introduction to the mechanical properties of materials, general fracture mechanics, and fractures in brittle solids. This is followed by a detailed discussion of stresses and the nature of elastic and elastic-plastic contact, before turning to a description of stress fields and their role in the formation of cracks in brittle materials and of sub-surface damage in ductile materials. The book concludes with an overview of practical methods of indentation testing.

This book deals with the mechanics of solid bodies in contact, a subject intimately connected with such topics as fracture, hardness, and elasticity. Coverage begins with an introduction to the mechanical properties of materials, general fracture mechanics, and the fracture of brittle solids. It then provides a detailed description of indentation stress fields for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact. In addition, the book discusses the formation of Hertzian cone cracks in brittle materials, subsurface damage in ductile materials, and the meaning of hardness. Coverage concludes with an overview of practical methods of indentation testing.

Includes a detailed description of indentation stress fields for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact Discusses practical methods of indentation testing Supported by the results of indentation experiments under controlled conditions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Mechanical Properties of Materials.- Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics.- Delayed Fracture in Brittle Solids.- Statistics of Brittle Fracture.- Elastic Indentation Stress Fields.- Elastic Contact.- Hertzian Fracture.- Elastic-Plastic Indentation Stress Fields.- Hardness.- Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Contact.- Depth-Sensing Indentation Testing.- Indentation Test Methods.