The adhesive contact of viscoelastic spheres

G. Haïat (1) , Minh Châu Phan-Huy (1) , Étienne Barthel (1)

1 SVI - Surface du Verre et Interfaces

We have formulated the restricted self-consistent model for the adhesive contact of linear viscoelastic spheres. This model is a generalization of both the Ting (J. Appl. Mech. 33 (1966) 845) approach to the viscoelastic contact of adhesionless spheres and the restricted self-consistent model for adhesive axisymmetric bodies. We also show how the model can be used in practice by giving a few examples of numerical solutions.

Mots clés: Adhesion and adhesive; Crack propagation and arrest; Contact mechanics; Viscoelastic material; Integral transforms

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

G. Haïat, Minh Châu Phan-Huy, Étienne Barthel. The adhesive contact of viscoelastic spheres. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2003, 51 (1), pp.69-99. ⟨10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00059-5⟩. ⟨hal-00718808⟩