On a thermal stress problem for contacting half-spaces with inclusions of other material involving a new method for computing potentials and singular integrals

This paper deals with a thermal stress problem for contacting half-spaces of different materials having an inclusion of other material. With the aid of the contact tensor of two half spaces the problem is reduced to singular integral equations. Some new theorems on potentials with the contact tensor are used. Finally, a potential of the double layer with the contact tensor in the kernel and a singular integral operator, being the direct value of the potential, are calculated. For this a Kupradze method is applied, interpreting this potential as a solution of a contact problem of elastostatics. Some numerical experiments are communicated.