Overview
- Includes a detailed description of indentation stress fields for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact
- Discusses practical methods of indentation testing
- Supported by the results of indentation experiments under controlled conditions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Mechanical Engineering Series (MES)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Introduction to Contact Mechanics, Second Edition is a gentle introduction to the mechanics of solid bodies in contact for graduate students, post doctoral individuals, and the beginning researcher.
This second edition maintains the introductory character of the first with a focus on materials science as distinct from straight solid mechanics theory. Every chapter has been updated to make the book easier to read and more informative. A new chapter on depth sensing indentation has been added, and the contents of the other chapters have been completely overhauled with added figures, formulae and explanations.
The author begins with an introduction to the mechanical properties of materials, general fracture mechanics and the fracture of brittle solids. This is followed by a detailed description of indentation stress fields for both elastic and elastic-plastic contact. The discussion then turns to the formation of Hertzian cone cracks in brittle materials, subsurface damage in ductile materials, and the meaning of hardness. The author concludes with an overview of practical methods of indentation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Contact Mechanics
Authors: Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps
Series Title: Mechanical Engineering Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68188-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-68187-0Published: 04 April 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4326-2Published: 10 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68188-7Published: 08 April 2007
Series ISSN: 0941-5122
Series E-ISSN: 2192-063X
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 226
Topics: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Classical Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics