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Received: 31 May 2019
DOI: 10.1002/mma.6107
Contact problems for bodies with complex coatings
Kirill Kazakov1Svetlana Kurdina2
1Laboratory of Modeling in Solids
Mechanics, Ishlinsky Institute for
Problems in Mechanics of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2Department of Applied Mathematics,
Bauman Moscow State Technical
University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence
Kirill E. Kazakov, Ishlinsky Institute for
Problems in Mechanics of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, prosp. Vernadskogo
101-1, Moscow, 119526 Russia.
Email: kazakov-ke@yandex.ru
Communicated by: D. Zeidan
The paper deals with various statements and mathematical models of contact
and contact-wear problems for bodies with coatings. It is shown that the
mathematical models for a number of such problems can be represented
as a mixed integral equation or a system of mixed integral equations with
additional conditions. It is also shown that these equations contain rapidly
varying or even discontinuous functions in the case of interaction between
bodies of complex shape and with some surface properties. Therefore, it is
necessary to use a special approach for constructing efficient analytic solutions.
Its implementation is demonstrated by an example.
KEYWORDS
contact, linear integral equations, nonuniform coatings, projection method
MSC CLASSIFICATION
45A05 (Linear integral equations); 74M15 (Contact)
1INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL REVIEW
Apparently, the studies in contact interaction mechanics began in 1882 with the work of H. Hertz,1where he described
the solution of a contact problem for two elastic bodies with curved surfaces. The results of these studies, as well as the
results of the later work in2are considered to be classical and have not still lost their value despite several serious restrictive
assumptions in the original formulation. The contact mechanics is also related to fundamental problems such as the
problem of action of a concentrated force on a half-space, which was solved by J. Boussinesque in3and the equilibrium
problem for an elastic half-space under the action of a distributed load, solved by A. Flaman in 1892.4It should be noted
that, apparently, the first flat contact problem was posed and solved by S.A. Chaplygin in 1900. He considered the general
problem of pressure of a cylinder on an elastic soil. However, the work was not published and was found in archival
documents5; therefore, the contact problem for an elastic half-space and a rigid punch with flat base is usually called the
M.A. Sadowsky problem.6Until the 1930s, the comprehensive experimental theoretical studies confirmed Hertz's theory
and made contributions to the development of its applications in engineering. No fundamental research in the field of
contact mechanics was practically carried out since necessary mathematical tools were absent.
In the 1930s, Academician N.I. Muskhelishvili and his followers began to develop efficient methods in the theory of
function of a complex variable.7,8 They obtained fundamental results in the field of integral equations, methods of integral
transforms, and potential theory. The results of these investigations allowed one to solve new problems in the elasticity
theory and, in particular, to obtain solutions of contact problems. The solution of the basic mixed problem for a half-plane
was obtained in the most general form. A. Liapounoff9also made a significant contribution to the development of the
theory of contact interactions. These results were used, for example, by A.Ia. Shtaerman.10 Using the new mathematical
apparatus, V.A. Florin proposed an approximate solution of the contact problem for a punch rigidly connected with the
base.11 The results in the field of integral transforms obtained by I.N. Sneddon12 gave another important mathematical
tool. They allowed one to solve complex boundary value problems of elasticity.
New mathematical methods allowed one to carry out investigations in continuum mechanics, elasticity theory, and, in
particular, contact interaction mechanics. Therefore, in the middle of the 20th century, there appeared a large number
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