An Axisymmetric Contact Problem with Given Region of Adhesion

The indentation of an elastic half-space by an axisymmetricrigid punch under normal load is considered. The contact areais divided into an inner region with adhesion, the dimensionof which is known beforehand, surrounded by an annular slipzone. Two different cases of the problem, given by the assumptionsof friction-free slip or Coulomb friction, are treated. In thefriction-free case the problem is formulated in terms of a coupledpair of Cauchy type integrals for Abel transforms of the normaland shear stresses at the surface of the half-space. These arecombined to an inhomogeneous Fredholm equation which is solvedby a method of successive approximations, and the stresses areobtained as Abel transform inversions of its solution. In thecase with Coulomb friction the problem is solved by a numericalmethod based on piecewise constant approximations to the surfacestresses.