Abstract

The boundary value problem that arises when a mechanically rough rigid punch of arbitrary axisymmetric profile is pressed against the surface of a linear aging viscoelastic half space and is also made to rotate about its axis, so that there is total slip between the contacting surfaces is analysed and solved. The moment required to make the punch rotate, on the assumption that the coefficient of friction obeys a power law or is a constant, and the total normal pressure acting on the punch may each be evaluated in terms of the history of the radius of the contact area. Application is made to the special cases where the punch has the form of (i) a cone, (ii) a paraboloid of revolution and (iii) a flat ended cylinder. Apart from case (iii) where the contract area is constant we can only find an explicit expression for the moment in terms of total pressure so long as the contact area is increasing. The case of constant total pressure and Maxwell viscoelastic material is examined in more detail.

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