A contact surface continuum-described as a porous layer served the bas
is for deriving the analytical expressions which refer to macroscopic
characteristics of a deformation proceeding during a physical contact
formation and are the average values of normal and tangential stresses
as well as compressing and shearing rates. It was established that th
ere was a criterion dependence of a minimum deformation intensity on g
eometrical factors and a stressed interface state at metal joining by
action of a pressure with a shear.