Improved Pressure Distribution in Elliptic Elastic Contacts between High-Order Surfaces

Table 2

Contact parameters in case of fourth-order surface.

	Contact major half-axis,	Central pressure,	Rigid-body approach,	𝜀, (%)
	𝑎, (m)	𝑝0, (Pa)	𝛿, (m)
Analytical	1𝑒−3 (imposed)	7.9577𝑒+8	8.3660𝑒−6	5.4011𝑒−2
Numerical	9.9844𝑒−4	7.9567𝑒+8	8.3659𝑒−6