Axisymmetric indentation of a circular stamp with adhesion into an elastic half-space with a spherical cavity

On the basis of the expansion formulas of the vector solutions of the Lame equations in cylindrical and spherical coordinates, the problem of a circular stamp is formulated in the form of an integro-algebraic system of equations. By the method of orthogonal polynomials, it is reduced to a collection of infinite systems of linear algebraic equations, for which the method of reduction is justified. Formulas for the normal and tangential stresses under the stamp are given.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 18, pp. 14–20, 1987.