An experimental study of the shear traction distribution in rolling with spin

Abstract

The problem of surface shear traction distribution arising from two bodies in rolling contact with an imposed relative spin is studied with the aid of the frozen stress photo-elastic technique. The results are compared with Kalker's generalized strip theory 1 1 J. J. Kalker, A strip theory for rolling with slip and spin, to be published in Proc. Koninkl. Ned. Akad. Wetenschap. . The basic assumptions of the theory are carefully examined in the light of the experiments and it is shown that it provides a simple and viable model for the very complex situation of rolling with spin at spin parameter values less than unity.