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On the applicability of the Boussinesq influence function in modelling the frictionless elastic contact between a rectangular indenter with rounded edges and a half-plane
The applicability of the Boussinesq influence function in modelling the frictionless elastic contact between a rectangular indenter with rounded edges and a half-plane is numerically explored. The potential of the asymptotic matching method combined with classical fracture mechanics results is investigated. Manageable design formulae for evaluating the maximum equivalent stress are analytically derived with the aid of the asymptotic matching method.
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