DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1971.0141. Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids

Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids

10.1098/rspa.1971.0141

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Abstract

This paper discusses the influence of surface energy on the contact between elastic solids. Equations are derived for its effect upon the contact size and the force of adhesion between two lightly loaded spherical solid surfaces. The theory is supported by experiments carried out on the contact of rubber and gelatine spheres.

Bibliography

Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids. (1971). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 324(1558), 301â313.

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Adamson A. W . 1967 Physical chemistry of surfaces p. 317. L ondon: Interscience.
Alner D. J . (editor) 1969 Aspects of adhesion vol. 5. U niversity of London Press.
Bailey A. I. 1957 Second Cong on Surface A ctivity 3 406.
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Created	18 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 18, 2006, 5:53 p.m.)
Deposited	4 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 21, 2021, 4:49 a.m.)
Indexed	16 hours, 33 minutes ago (Aug. 22, 2025, 12:47 a.m.)
Issued	53 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 8, 1971)
Published	53 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 8, 1971)
Published Online	28 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1997)
Published Print	53 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 8, 1971)

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