| Abstract: | The possibility exists for the full-strength state of the juncture between an isotropic medium and an orthotropic inclusion when the phases are in ideal contact and the stresses are tensile (compressive). It is found that an ellipsoid, whose semiaxes depend heavily on the elastic characteristics of the matrix and inclusion and the parameters of external loading, is such a form. A system of transcendental equations is obtained to search for the unknown semi-axes. Previous data confirm the results obtained. Numerical investigations are performed, and interrelations are established between geometrical parameters and loading conditions and the properties of the phases for transversally isotropic and orthotropic inclusions. S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 95–102, January, 2000 |
