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Contact Instability

Contact Instability is a mechanical phenomenon in contact mechanics characterized by a sudden, nonlinear transition in the contact state between two bodies due to a loss of equilibrium under varying load or displacement conditions.

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Effects of Back Contact Instability on Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSnS<sub>4</sub> Devices and Processes

Jonathan J. S. Scragg, Tomáš Kubart, Jörn Timo Wätjen et al. · Chemistry of Materials · 2013 · 302 citations · Full text

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An analysis of contact instability in terms of passive physical equivalents

Ed Colgate, N. Hogan · 2003 · 264 citations

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Survey of Contact Fretting in Electrical Connectors

M. Antler · IEEE Transactions on Components Hybrids and Manufacturing Technology · 1985 · 233 citations

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Meniscus Instability in a Thin Elastic Film

A. K. Ghatak, Manoj K. Chaudhury, Vijay B. Shenoy et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 201 citations

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Contact strain and folding instability of a multilayered body under compression

Hans Ramberg · International Journal of Earth Sciences · 1962 · 188 citations

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Authors

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  1. AS
    Ashutosh Sharma

    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

    11 publications · 514 citations

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  2. RM
    Rabibrata Mukherjee

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    5 publications · 187 citations

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  3. FM
    Francesco Massi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    4 publications · 117 citations

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  4. AS
    Akira Sakai

    Kyoto University, Japan

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  5. PD
    Philippe Duffour

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 119 citations

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Institutions

152

  1. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

    Kanpur, India

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    567 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    307 citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    934 citations

  5. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    388 citations

  6. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    Villeurbanne, France

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    303 citations

  7. Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures

    Villeurbanne, France

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    303 citations

  8. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    596 citations

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  1. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

    5 publications · 270 citations

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  2. Journal of Sound and Vibration

    JSV · 5 publications · 148 citations

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  3. Wear

    3 publications · 183 citations

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  4. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  5. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 3 publications · 185 citations

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