“…Thus, Equations ( 35)- (38) only contains 2N + 1 equations, as well as 2N + 1 unknowns, i.e., the contact pressure p 2 (s k ), q 2 (s k ), (k = 1, 2, • • • , N) and the half-length of receding contact b. It is worth noting that, among all the unknowns in Equations ( 35)- (38), only b is non-linear. We can initialize b with a random value and substitute it into Equations ( 35)- (38); the remaining unknowns p 2 (s k ) and q 2 (s k ), (k = 1, 2, • • • , N) can then be solved iteratively.…”