On the Unbonded Contact Between Plates and an Elastic Half Space

1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Weitsman
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Solution ◽  
Tensile Stress ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Elastic Plate ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Elastic Support ◽  
Elastic Region ◽  
Concentrated Load

In this paper an approximate solution is presented for the radius of contact between an elastic plate and a semi-infinite elastic half space. The plate is assumed to rest on the supporting half space without bond, and to be pressed against the elastic region by a concentrated load. In the absence of bonding no tensile stress can be transmitted across the interface between the plate and its elastic support so that contact takes place only within a circle centered about the concentrated load. Outside of this circle the plate lifts up and is no longer in contact with the elastic region.

The Interaction Between a System of Circular Punches on an Elastic Half Space

1982 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. L. Gladwell ◽  
V. I. Fabrikant
Keyword(s):  
Half Space ◽  
Approximate Solutions ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Concentrated Load ◽  
Circular Punch

Galin derived an expression for the pressure produced under a rigid circular punch by the application of a concentrated load at another point of the half space. This result is used to derive approximate relationships among the forces, moments, and indentations for a system of punches on an elastic half space. The results are compared with a number of earlier approximate solutions.

On two-dimensional waves in an elastic half-space

1960 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Craggs
Keyword(s):  
Half Space ◽  
Elastic Waves ◽  
Analytic Solutions ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Surface Traction ◽  
Concentrated Load ◽  
Dynamic Similarity

ABSTRACTTwo-dimensional elastic waves in a half-space 0 ≤ r < ∞, 0 ≤ θ ≤ π are examined under the assumption of dynamic similarity, so that the stresses depend only on r/t, θ. Analytic solutions are given for constant surface traction on θ = 0, 0 < r/t < V, where V is constant, the rest of the surface being unloaded, and for a concentrated load at r = 0.Numerical results are quoted for the particular case V → ∞, corresponding to a load on half the bounding plane.

Steady Motion of a Rigid Strip Bonded to an Elastic Half Space

1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Oien
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Solution ◽  
Galerkin Method ◽  
Integral Equations ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Steady Motion ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Fredholm Integral Equations ◽  
Harmonic Waves ◽  
Forced Motion ◽  
Inertia Properties

The diffraction of harmonic waves by a movable rigid strip bonded to the surface of an elastic half space is divided into two more fundamental problems, the diffraction of waves by a fixed strip and the forced motion of an inertialess strip. These problems are formulated in terms of a pair of coupled Fredholm integral equations of the first kind. An approximate solution for the resultant loads acting on the strip is obtained using the Bubnov-Galerkin method. These loads provide a simple means of studying the excited motion of a movable strip having a variety of inertia properties.

The Buckling of an Elastic Layer Bonded to an Elastic Substrate in Plane Strain

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Shield ◽  
K. S. Kim ◽  
R. T. Shield
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Approximate Solution ◽  
Plane Strain ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Elastic Layer ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Elastic Substrate

The solution for buckling of a stiff elastic layer bonded to an elastic half-space under a transverse compressive plane strain is presented. The results are compared to an approximate solution that models the layer using beam theory. This comparison shows that the beam theory model is adequate until the buckling strain exceeds three percent, which occurs for modulus ratios less than 100. In these cases the beam theory predicts a larger buckling strain than the exact solution. In all cases the wavelength of the buckled shape is accurately predicted by the beam model. A buckling experiment is described and a discussion of buckling-induced delamination is given.

Radiation characteristics of elastodynamic line sources buried in layered media with periodic interfaces. II. P- and SV-wave analysis

1987 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 2192-2211
Author(s):  
Vijay K. Varadan ◽  
Akhlesh Lakhtakia ◽  
Vasundara V. Varadan ◽  
Charles A. Langston
Keyword(s):  
Half Space ◽  
Elastic Plate ◽  
Matrix Method ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Layered Media ◽  
Elastic Half Space ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Radiation Characteristics ◽  
T Matrix

Abstract A method for determining for determining the elastodynamic (P and SV waves) radiation characteristics of finite-size sources buried in horizontally layered media, having periodically corrugated interfaces, is described. In particular, the example problem chosen to illustrate the procedure is as follows: a solid plate lies on top of a solid half-space; the solid-solid interface has been taken to be planar, but traction-free conditions prevail on the other boundary of the elastic plate, which surface is also periodically corrugated; and the source has been taken to be an isotropic, P-wave line source located inside the elastic plate. The technique presented utilizes the plane wave spectral decomposition of the relevant fields within the framework of the extended boundary condition method or the T matrix method. Since the T-matrix method is a matrix approach, it is very attractive computationally and is certainly more tractable than a method based on the direct solution of the integral equations involved in the scattering problem. Numerical results are given to delineate the various features of the field diffracted into the elastic half-space, as well as the displacement field induced on the traction-free boundary of the elastic plate. The specific example examined is directly related to regional wave propagation in a continental crustal wave guide.

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