Publications on Contact / Indentation

  1. R. C. Batra, Rubber Covered Rolls, The Nonlinear Elastic Problem, J. Appl. Mech., 47, 82-86, 1980.
  2. R. C. Batra, Quasistatic Indentation of a Rubber Covered Roll by a Rigid Roll, Int. J. Num. Meth.  Engr., 17, 1823-1834, 1981.
  3. R. C. Batra, M. Levinson and E. Betz, Rubber Covered Rolls, The Thermoviscoelastic Problem, A Finite Element Solution, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng., 10, 767-785, 1976.
  4. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Indentation of a Viscoelastic Rubber Covered Roll by a Rigid Plane Surface, Mechs. Research Communications, 9, 265-272, 1982.
  5. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Finite Plane Strain Deformations of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Rubber Covered Rolls, Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng., 20, 1911-1927, 1984.
  6. C. N. Bapat and R. C. Batra, Finite Deformations of a Viscoelastic Roll Cover Contacting a Rigid Plane Surface, Commun. Appl. Numerical Methods, 1, 169-176, 1985.
  7. W. Jiang and R. C. Batra, Identification of Elastic Constants of FCC Metals from 2D Load-Indentation Curves, Computational Materials Science, 45, 511-515, 2009.
  8. R. C. Batra and Wen Jiang, Analytical Solution of the Contact Problem of a Rigid Indenter and an Anisotropic Linear Elastic Layer, International J. of Solids and Structures, 45, 5814-5830, 2008.
  9. A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, On Contact Interaction Between a Massive Body and a Linear Elastic Half Space, Cont. Mechs. & Thermodynamics,7, 179-198, 1995.
  10. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, Rolling/Sliding of a Linear Elastic Body on a Deformable Layered Substrate, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechs., 29, 335-348, 1994.
  11.  A. A. Spector and R. C. Batra, On the Motion of an Elastic Body Rolling/Sliding on an Elastic Substrate, ASME J. Tribology, 117, 308- 314, 1995.

 

Dr. Batra's CV

Romesh C. Batra, PhD

University Distinguished Professor, Clifton C. Garvin Professor
Fellow - ASME, ASEE, AAM, SES, USACM

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Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (0219)
Norris Hall, Room 333-E, Virginia Tech
495 Old Turner Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061 

 

 

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