This new translation of a classic offers a full revision of the original text and the mathematical analysis, new material, and rewritten material from the 1980 Russian translation. It also includes original essays that bring all analysis up to date.

L.A. Galin's book on contact problems is a remarkable work. Actually there are two books: the first, published in 1953 deals with contact problems in the classical theory of elasticity; this is the one that was translated into English in 1961. The second book, published in 1980, included the first, and then had new sections on contact problems for viscoelastic materials, and rough contact problems; this section has not previously been translated into English.

In this new translation, the original text and the mathematical analysis have been completely revised, new material has been added, and the material appearing in the 1980 Russian translation has been completely rewritten.

In addition there are three essays by students of Galin, bringing the analysis up to date.

The original Russian books were seminal in the development of the important area of Contact Mechanics The research underlying the original 1953 edition was performed by Galin many years before there was any appreciable work in the area in Western Europe and North America; the book therefore has historical and archival value Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
From the contents Editor's Preface. Biographical Sketch of L.A. Galin. 1 A Review of Research before 1953. 2 Plane Elasticity Theory. 3 Plane Static Isotropic Contact Problems. 4 Moving Punches, and Anisotropic Media. 5 Contact Problems in Three Dimensions. 6 Viscoelasticity, Wear and Roughness. References. Index. Development of Galin's Research in Contact Mechanics by I.G. Goryacheva. 1. Two-Dimensional Sliding Contact of Elastic Bodies. 2. Contact Problem with Partial Slip for the Inclined Punch with Rounded Edges. 3. Three-Dimensional Sliding Contact of Elastic Bodies. 4. Periodic Contact Problem. Hertz Type Contact Problems for Power-Law Shaped Bodies, by Feodor M. Borodich. 1. Introduction. 2. Frictionless Axisymmetric Contact. 3. Axisymmetric Contact Problems with Molecular Adhesion. 4. Adhesive (No-Slip) Axisymmetric Contact Problems. 5. Self-similar Contact Problems. 6. Hardness Measurements and Depth-Sensing Techniques. Further Developments of Galin's Stick-Slip Problem by Olesya I. Zhupanska. 1. Introduction. 2. The Stick-Slip Problem in Galin's Formulation. 3. Extensions to the Stick-Slip Contact Problem.