Plane Contact of Hot Flat-Ended Punch and Thermoelastic Half-Space Involving Finite Friction

Abstract

Plane normal contact of a rigid flat-ended hot punch and a thermoelastic half-space is considered under the assumption of finite friction between contacting surfaces. The problem is treated with the boundary integral methods. We consider independently normal and tangential contact problems. The rise of slip and stick regions under the punch is studied. The nonlinear equations for the unknown stick region size are obtained and solved numerically.