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The following command for the computation of the contact area can be downloaded here.

  • This command was generously provided by Mr. Sean Harvey. (Lead Technical Services Engineer at Ansys Inc.)

Using this value of contact radius, we can also compute the normal pressured induced at the contact zone.  Theoretically, the maximum pressure (pmax) is induced along the y-axis, as expected, and is given by the following formula:

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