Thermo-mechanical Analysis of 3-Dimensional Hertz Contact Problem by Using Simplex Algorithm

초록

A numerical procedure for analyzing thermo-elastic contact and calculating subsurface stress distribution has been developed. The proposed procedure takes the advantage of the simplex algorithm to save computing time. Flamant’s solution and Boussinesq’s solution are adopted as Green function in analysis. Comparing the numerical results with the exact solutions has proved the validity of this procedure.