Two Kinds of Contact Problems in Dodecagonal Quasicrystals of Point Group 12 mm

Abstract

In this paper, two kinds of contact problems in 2-D dodecagonal quasicrystals were discussed using the complex variable function method: one is the finite frictional contact problem, the other is the adhesive contact problem. The analytic expressions of contact stresses in the phonon and phason fields were obtained for a flat rigid punch, which showed that: (1) for the finite frictional contact problem, the contact stress exhibited power-type singularities at the edge of the contact zone; (2) for the adhesive contact problem, the contact stress exhibited oscillatory singularities at the edge of the contact zone. The distribution regulation of contact stress under punch was illustrated; and the low friction property of quasicrystals was verified graphically.