“…First, in view of the local character of the indentation problem, we introduce a suitable parameter b representing the radius in which the contact phenomenon is contained. In such a way, we write the components of the displacement field by means of Dini and Fourier-Bessel expansions, so avoiding the use of the Hankel integral transforms and, consequently, the problem of their inversions [Yu et al 1990]. We shall subsequently show that, under suitable conditions, the specific value assumed for the parameter b is not relevant.…”