On the plane contact problem for a frictionless elastic layer
On the plane contact problem for a frictionless elastic layer
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DOI:
10.1016/0020-7683(73)90021-8
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发表时间:
1973-08
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
M. Ratwani;F. Erdogan
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作者:
M. Ratwani;F. Erdogan
The plane contact problem for an elastic layer lying on an elastic half space is considered. A compressive load is applied to the layer through a frictionless rigid stamp. It is assumed that the contact between the layer and the subspace is also frictionless and only compressive normal tractions can be transmitted through the interface. Hence, the width of the contact area along the layer-subspace interface is finite and is unknown. The problem is formulated in terms of a system of singular integral equations in which the unknown functions are the pressure between the stamp and the layer and that between the layer and the subspace. First the problem is solved for the special case of concentrated loads. Two typical stamp geometries, namely, a flat stamp with sharp corners and a curved stamp, are then investigated. In the case of flat stamp the system of integral equations is homogeneous and as a consequence the width of the contact area between the layer and the subspace turns out to be independent of the magnitude of the external load applied to the stamp. In the curved stamp problem, however, the size of this contact region is a function of the magnitude of the external load.