Contact Stress Theories
Contact Stress Theories
Contact Stress Theories
outline
Discussion contact stress theories
Contact b/n two elastic bodies
Contact b/n spheres
Contact b/n two cylinders
Contact b/n two parallel cylinder
Contact b/n crossed cylinder
introduction
Where does contact stress occur?
Ball bearings
Railroad wheel on a track
Bowling ball on an alley
Want to find the local stress at the point (region) of
contact
This will depend on elasticity of contacting materials (E &
v),loading, and geometry.
Spheres in Contact
The radius of the contact area is given by:
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Spheres in Contact
Principal Stresses
The principal stresses 1, 2, and 3
are generated on the z-axis:
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Two Spheres in Contact
General Case
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Sphere in Contact with a Plane
General Case
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Sphere Between Two Parallel Planes
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Equal Diameter Cylinders Crossed
with Their Axes at Right Angles
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Unequal Diameter Cylinders Crossed with
Their Axes at Right Angles
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Unequal Diameter Cylinders Crossed with
Their Axes at Any Angle.
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The suffix 1 refers to the larger diameter
cylinder, the suffix 2 to the smaller.
Let the axes be inclined at an acute angle e to
one another.
It is first necessary to obtain the ratio A/B by
solving the following equations, for A and B.
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From the calculated value of A/B the values of K and 1/e dE/de
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The maximum shear and Von Mises stress
are reached below the contact area.
This causes pitting where little pieces of
material break out of the surface.
Cylinders in Contact
The half-width b of the rectangular contact
area of two parallel cylinders is found as:
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Thanks!