Structural & Thermal

Structural & Thermal

Is there a rational explanation as to why the peak frictional contact pressure profile oscillates while the reaction force at same interface does not?

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      In one case, while the contact surface was sliding, the overall contacting area was oscillating up and down slightly as well as the normal direction at the point of max contact. The overall reaction at interface balanced the reaction at the BC and did not oscillate.