On the application of a work postulate to frictional contact

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Authors

  • R.E. Jones Department of Mechanical Engineering, Uninersity of California, United States
  • P. Papadopoulos Department of Mechanical Engineering, Uninersity of California, United States

Abstract

The work postulate of Naghdi and Trapp is applied to a frictional contact interface to derive an inequality restricting the relation between slip traction and slip direction.

Keywords:

work inequality, contact mechanics, friction