# Contact stress

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(./images/SHAFT1-bearing_2_contactStress.png)The contact stress can be shown in a diagram in addition to polar plot in [Load distribution](load_distribution.md).  In case of truncation for ball bearings an additional stress for the truncated contact is shown as dotted lines according to [Frantz and Leveille](bibliography.md#frantz_leveille_2001).