Axisymmetric contact problem for an elastic half-space and a circular cover plate

The contact interaction problem for a thin circular rigid cover plate and an elastic half-space loaded at infinity by a tensile force directed in parallel to the boundary of the half-space is considered. It is assumed that the cover plate is not resistant to bending deformations. The problem can be reduced to an integral equation of the first kind whose kernel has a logarithmic singularity. The equation is solved approximately by the Multhopp-Kalandia method. The resulting approximate solution is compared with the previously obtained asymptotic solution.     

Contact problem for an orthotropic half-space

Numerical and analytical solutions of the 3D contact problem of elasticity on the penetration of a rigid punch into an orthotropic half-space are obtained disregarding the friction forces.A numericalmethod ofHammerstein-type nonlinear boundary integral equations was used in the case of unknown contact region, which permits determining the contact region and the pressure in this region. The exact solution of the contact problem for a punch shaped as an elliptic paraboloid was used to debug the program of the numerical method. The structure of the exact solution of the problem of indentation of an elliptic punch with polynomial base was determined. The computations were performed for various materials in the case of the penetration of an elliptic or conical punch.     

Variational approach to the solution of a contact problem for an elastic half-plane

Belorussian Polytechnic Institute, Minsk. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 70–73, July, 1994.     

Unbonded contact of a Mindlin plate on an elastic half-space

Summary In this paper a penalty formulation of the frictionless unilateral contact problem between an elastic rectangular plate and an elastic half-space is presented. In order to take into account the effects of the shear stress, the Mindlin plate model is analyzed. Some numerical results, obtained via finite elements, are given.

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Sommario In questo lavoro viene presentata una formulazione penalty del problema di contatto unilaterale senza attrito tra una piastra rettangolare elastica ed un semispazio elastico. Per la piastra si utilizza il modello di Mindlin, che consente di tener conto dell'effetto delle tensioni da taglio. Si forniscono alcuni risultati numerici ottenuti mediante discretizzazione agli elementi finiti.

     

Contact problems for several transversely isotropic elastic layers on a smooth elastic half-space

The idea of generalized images, first used by the author for the case of crack problems, is applied here to solve a contact problem for n transversely isotropic elastic layers, with smooth interfaces, resting on a smooth elastic half-space, made of a different transversely isotropic material. A rigid punch of arbitrary shape is pressed against the top layer’s free surface. The governing integral equation is derived for the case of two layers; it is mathematically equivalent to that of an electrostatic problem of an infinite row of coaxial charged disks in the shape of the domain of contact. This result is then generalized for an arbitrary number of layers. As a comparison, the method of integral transforms is also used to solve the problem. The main difference of our integral transform approach with the existing ones is in separating of our half-space solution from the integral transform terms. It is shown that both methods lead to the same results, thus giving a new interpretation to the integral transform as a sum of an infinite series of generalized images.     

Unbonded contact between a circular plate and an elastic half-space

The paper concerns the unbonded contact between a thin circular plate of finite radius, governed by Kirchhof or Reissner theory, pressed by means of rotationally symmetric distributed load and its own weight against the surface of an elastic half-space. The contact is assumed frictionless and unbonded. A Hankel transform solution is used for the half-space and the plate deflection is found by inverting the plate equation. The coefficients in a power expansion are obtained by equating plate and half-space deflections at a number of points in the contact region. The variation of contact radius with plate radius, the radius of the uniformly applied load, and the relative stiffness of plate and foundation, is displayed in a series of figures.     

Axisymmetric contact problem for a layer on an elastic half-space with initial stresses

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Contact with friction of a rigid cylinder with an elastic half-space

An exact solution to the problem of indentation with friction of a rigid cylinder into an elastic half-space is presented. The corresponding boundary-value problem is formulated in planar bipolar coordinates, and reduced to a singular integral equation with respect to the unknown normal stress in the slip zones. An exact analytical solution of this equation is constructed using the Wiener-Hopf technique, which allowed for a detailed analysis of the contact stresses, strain, displacement, and relative slip zone sizes. Also, a simple analytical solution is furnished in the limiting case of full stick between the cylinder and half-space.     

Contact problem for a circular ring

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Thermoelastic bending of a sandwich ring plate on an elastic foundation

The thermomechanical bending of an elastic sandwich ring plate with light core on an elastic foundation is considered. To describe the kinematics of the plate that is asymmetric across the thickness, broken-normal hypotheses are accepted. The foundation reaction is described by Winkler's model. A system of equilibrium equations is derived and solved for displacements. Numerical results for a sandwich ring plate in a temperature field are presented Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 94–103, September 2008.