Journal Pre-proof Advancing contact of a 2D elastic curved beam indented by a rigid pin with clearance E. Radi, A. Strozzi PII: S0020-7462(22)00283-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104313 Reference: NLM 104313 To appear in: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics Received date : 5 November 2022 Revised date : 24 November 2022 Accepted date : 25 November 2022 Please cite this article as: E. Radi and A. Strozzi, Advancing contact of a 2D elastic curved beam indented by a rigid pin with clearance, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104313. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.