Exact solution of a flat smooth punch on a piezoelectric half plane

This paper derives an exact solution for a flat smooth punch applied on a piezoelectric half plane. The piezoelectric solid occupies the lower half plane, and a flat rigid punch is applied on it. As the permittivity of the air (environment) is far less than that of the piezoelectric material, the electric induction of air may be neglected. The permittivity of the punch is also far less than that of the piezoelectric material and consequently the normal component of the electric displacement vanishes at the contact boundary. The exact solution is obtained by eigen-function representation and analytic continuation. The distribution of pressure under the punch has been found. The electric field along the surface of the lower half plane is extracted in a closed form.