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On the Modeling of Elastic Contact between Rough Surfaces

Robert L. Jackson Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Itzhak Green Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pages 300-314 | Received 02 Jul 2010, Accepted 15 Nov 2010, Published online: 16 Mar 2011

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