An axisymmetric contact problem of an elastic layer on a rigid circular base

An analytical solution is presented to a doubly mixed boundary value problem of an elastic layer partially resting on a rigid smooth base. A circular rigid punch is applied to the upper surface of the medium where the contact is supposed to be smooth. The case of the layer with a cylindrical hole was considered by Toshiaki and all [5]. The studied problem is reduced to a system of dual integral equations using the Boussinesq stress functions and the Hankel integral transforms. With the help of the Gegenbauer formula we get an infinite algebraic system of simultaneous equations for calculating the unknown function of the problem. The truncation method is used for getting the system coefficients. A closed form solution is given for the displacements, stresses and the stress singularity factors. The stresses and displacements are then obtained as Bessel function series. For the numerical application we give some conclusions on the effects of the radius of the punch with the rigid base and the layer thickness on the displacements, stresses, the load and the stress singularity factors are discussed.

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).