This tutorial provides a brief introduction to the Hertzian contact stress theory, five types of the classical solutions for non-adhesive elastic contact are illustrated, and the applications of the Hertz contact stress theory on optomechanical engineering are also addressed....
Xiaoyin Zhu, Tutorial on Hertz Contact Stress (OPTI 521, December 1, 2012)X. Zhu, "Tutorial on Hertz contact stress," 2012, Tucson, Arizona: The Uni- versity of Arizona. Handout in OPTI 421/521 Introductory Optomechanical Engineering.