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ON THE DEFORMATION OF A VISCOELASTIC CYLINDER, ROLLING WITHOUT SLIPPING
( School of Mathematics, University of Bath )
The rolling contact between a viscoelastic cylinder and a rigid half-space is discussed for steady rolling and an infinite coefficient of friction by setting up a scheme of complex potentials. The boundary conditions on the contact arc between cylinder and plane, written as an integral equation, are solved to leave a mixed boundary-value problem for the potentials. The solution shows the relations between the contact geometry, resistance to motion and applied force.