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D. A. Hills

University of Oxford

Mansfield Road

Oxford, OX1 4AU

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

DOWNLOADS

183

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Asymptotic representation of frictional, non-conforming contact edges under general periodic loading

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Nov 2025
J. R. Barber and D. A. Hills
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Oxford
Downloads 43 (1,183,237)

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Frictional contact, fretting, fretting fatigue, partial slip, contact mechanics.

2.

Frictional Shakedown of a Coupled Continuous Contact

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Feb 2023
Nils Cwiekala, J. R. Barber and D. A. Hills
University of Oxford, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Oxford
Downloads 32 (1,290,922)

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shakedown, coupled contact, partial slip, history dependence, Melan's theorem

3.

Elastic, Flat and Rounded Finite Contacts in Partial Slip: A Novel Solution Based on Wedge and Half-Plane Formulations

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Feb 2025
Beth Eames, D. A. Hills and J. R. Barber
University of Oxford, University of Oxford and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Downloads 29 (1,345,526)

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Slightly rounded contacts, Asymptotes for contact edges, Fretting fatigue, Geometric coupling, Partial slip, Half-plane theory, Friction

4.

Non-Slipping Adhesive Contact between Dissimilar Elastic Solids Under Normal and Tangential Loads

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Sep 2023
Lifeng Ma, Yifeng Chen and D. A. Hills
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford and University of Oxford
Downloads 26 (1,372,601)

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Non-slipping adhesive contact, Pull-off force, shear-off force, static friction coefficient

5.

Analysis of a Prismatic Elastic Contact of Finite Length

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Sep 2024
Yifeng CHEN, D. A. Hills, John Huber and Lifeng Ma
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford, University of Oxford and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 23 (1,411,822)

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Contact of Finite Length, Finite Element Analysis, End Effects, Saint-Venant's Principle.

6.

Elastic, Flat and Rounded Finite Contacts: When Should We Use Half-Plane Theory?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Dec 2023
Beth Eames, D. A. Hills and Madeleine R. Moore
University of Oxford, University of Oxford and University of Hull
Downloads 21 (1,448,301)
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Slightly rounded contacts, Asymptotes for contact edges, Conforming contacts with rounded edges, Fretting fatigue

7.

Matching the slip condition at two types of contact

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Feb 2026
Beth Eames, Sarah MacLeod and D. A. Hills
University of Oxford, University of Oxford and University of Oxford
Downloads 9 (1,561,096)

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Fretting, Crack nucleation, Contact edge asymptotes