Effect of a thin coating on the pressure distribution in contact problems involving frictional heat generation

A thermoelastic problem for a layer of finite thickness one of whose surfaces is subjected to the action of normal pressure and heat flux is studied. A relationship among vertical displacements of the surface of the layer, the surface temperature, and the disturbing factors is obtained. Corresponding relations are obtained for a layer of small thickness. An axisymmetric contact problem for a rigid heat-conducting base whose surface is coated with a thin elastic layer is studied as an example. Franko L'vov State University, L'vov 290602. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 110–118, January–February, 1998.