This paper investigates the fretting contact between a transversely isotropic
piezoelectric half-plane and a rigid cylindrical punch in a plane strain state. It is
assumed that the punch is a perfect conductor with a constant electric potential
within the contact region. Since the fretting contact problem is frictional and history
dependent, the two bodies are brought into contact first by a monotonically
increasing normal load, and then by a cyclic tangential load, which is less than that
necessary to cause complete sliding. It is assumed that the contact region contains an
inner stick region and two outer slip regions in which Coulomb’s friction law is
applied. With the use of the superposition principle and Fourier integral transform
technique, the problem is reduced to a set of coupled Cauchy singular integral
equations. An iterative method is used to determine the unknown stick/slip region,
normal contact pressure, electric charge and tangential traction. The effects
of the friction coefficient, electric load and conductivity of the punch on
the surface electromechanical fields are discussed during different loading
phases.