Closed-Form Solution of the Frictional Sliding Contact Problem for an Orthotropic Elastic Half-Plane Indented by a Wedge-Shaped Punch

Abstract

In this paper, the frictional contact problem of a homogeneous orthotropic material in contact with a wedge-shaped punch is considered. Materials can behave anisotropically depending on the nature of the processing techniques; hence it is necessary to develop an efficient method to solve the contact problems for orthotropic materials. The aim of this work is to develop a solution method for the contact mechanics problems arising from a rigid wedge-shaped punch sliding over a homogeneous orthotropic half-plane. In the formulation of the plane contact problem, it is assumed that the principal axes of orthotropy are parallel and perpendicular to the contact. Four independent engineering constants , , , are replaced by a stiffness parameter, , a stiffness ratio, a shear parameter, , and an effective Poisson’s ratio, . The corresponding mixed boundary problem is reduced to a singular integral equation using Fourier transform and solved analytically. In the parametric analysis, the effects of the material orthotropy parameters and the coefficient of friction on the contact stress distributions are investigated.