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The importance of the inequalities and related side conditions that must be incorporated in contact and crack problems is emphasized and the ensuing consequences explored. An asymptotic analysis of the transitions from slip to separation, stick to slip, and stick to separation is carried out. The inequalities in contact problems make the contact pressure continuous for all levels of friction. They also make a direct transition from stick to separation impossible, unless the combination of materials is special. The inequalities in crack problems are less stringent, but they preclude certain singularities that appear to have flourished in the literature previously.
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On appuie sur l'importance d'inéquations et d'autres conditions auxiliaires qui doivent être comprises dans les problèmes de contact et de fissure, et on en explore les conséquences. On emploie une analyse asympotique sur les transitions entre les zones glissement-décollement, adhérence-glussement et adhérence-décollement. Il s'ensuit que la contrainte normale du contact doit être continue pour toutes les valeurs du frottement. De plus, la transition directe adhérence-décollement est impossible, à moin que la combinaison des matériaux ne soit exceptionelle. Les inéquations dans les problèmes de fissure sont moins fortes, mais elles sont cependant suffisantes pour empêcher l'existence de certaines singularités qui apparaissent souvent dans les études précedentes.
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Dundurs, J., Comninou, M. Some consequences of the inequality conditions in contact and crack problems. J Elasticity 9, 71–82 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040981
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040981