%0 Journal Article %T Complete contacts in almost conforming sockets %A Arun Balasubramanian %A David Hills %J The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design %@ 2041-3130 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0309324718771441 %X The behaviour of a contact formed when a flat-faced contact sits in an almost conforming socket is studied. Conditions for the avoidance of all slip are found, and the critical coefficient of friction needed is found. The results derived are of a general nature and apply to many problems of this class, for example, when a dovetail is pulled into a socket having the same angle %K Trapezium %K Williams¡¯ asymptotics %K punch geometry %K T-stress %K trench %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309324718771441