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  2. Contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] In 1882, Hertz solved the contact problem of two elastic bodies with curved surfaces. This still-relevant classical solution provides a foundation for modern problems in contact mechanics. For example, in mechanical engineering and tribology, Hertzian contact stress is a description of the stress within mating parts. The Hertzian ...

  3. Bearing pressure - Wikipedia

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    Hertz contact stress in the case of a male cylinder-female cylinder contact. When the clearance can not be neglected, it is then necessary to know the value of the half contact angle θ 0, which can not be determined in a simple way and must be measured. When this value is not available, the Hertz contact theory can be used.

  4. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    If the cylinder and plane consist of the same materials then the normal contact problem is unaffected by the shear stress. The contact area is a strip x ∈ [ − a , a ] {\displaystyle x\in [-a,a]} , and the pressure is described by the (2D) Hertz solution.

  5. Cylinder stress - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics, a cylinder stress is a stress distribution with rotational symmetry; that is, which remains unchanged if the stressed object is rotated about some fixed axis. Cylinder stress patterns include: circumferential stress, or hoop stress, a normal stress in the tangential (azimuth) direction. axial stress, a normal stress parallel to ...

  6. Reynolds equation - Wikipedia

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    In fluid mechanics (specifically lubrication theory), the Reynolds equation is a partial differential equation governing the pressure distribution of thin viscous fluid films. It was first derived by Osborne Reynolds in 1886. [1] The classical Reynolds Equation can be used to describe the pressure distribution in nearly any type of fluid film ...

  7. Heinrich Hertz - Wikipedia

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    Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (/ hɜːrts / HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhɛʁts]; [1][2] 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell 's equations of electromagnetism. The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "Hertz ...

  8. Desmodromic valve - Wikipedia

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    A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine poppet valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The valves in a typical four-stroke engine allow the air/fuel mixture into the cylinder at the beginning of the cycle and exhaust spent gases at the end of the cycle.

  9. Impact (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Projectiles apply a Hertzian contact stress at the point of impact to a solid body, with compression stresses under the point, but with bending loads a short distance away. Since most materials are weaker in tension than compression, this is the zone where cracks tend to form and grow.