The object of consideration is the problem of determining the maximum stresses, the size and area of the contact area in case of a point or linear contact between two isotropic elastic bodies. The initial data should include the radii of curvature of the contacting bodies, the moduli of elasticity and Poisson’s ratios of the materials of two bodies and the load value. The following particular cases of the Hertz contact problem are analyzed:
Sphere on a sphere
Sphere on a flat plane
Sphere in a spherical socket
Sphere on a cylinder
Sphere in a circular groove
Sphere in a cylindrical groove
Cylinder on a cylinder
Cylinder on a flat plane
Cylinder in a cylindrical socket
Perpendicular cylinders
Arbitrary surface on an arbitrary surface
Arbitrary surface on a flat plane