Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static ...

Bolted joints are some of the most fundamental yet incredibly strong connections used in modern engineering and construction.

The transverse load P will produce a shear force V in the positive y direction on a mathematical cut through the beam at point “a”. This shear force is directly responsible for the shear stress τ on ...

In this work, we consider a model system where a rigid cylindrical punch is detached from an elastic substrate under normal force, shear force or both. Our focus is to determine the pull-off force and ...