Transversely isotropic half-spaces subject to surface pressures

• Published in: International journal of solids and structures Vol. 104-105; pp. 35 - 49
• Main Authors: Marmo, Francesco, Toraldo, Ferdinando, Rosati, Luciano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Analytical solution; Displacement; Half spaces; Half-space; Indentation; Materials elasticity; Proving; Singularities; Stress concentration; Stress state; Transversely isotropic; Analytical solution; Transversely isotropic; Half-space
• ISSN: 0020-7683; 1879-2146
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.11.001

We outline a general methodology for proving the equivalence between several solutions available in the literature for the elastic problem of transversely isotropic materials. The proposed methodology is mathematically supported by a novel solution strategy yet arriving at the same expression of the...