Contact Problem for an Elastic Layered Composite Resting on Rigid Flat Supports

In this study, the contact problem of a layered composite which consists of two materials with different elastic constants and heights resting on two rigid flat supports with sharp edges is considered. The effect of gravity is neglected. While friction between the layers is taken into account, it is assumed that there is no friction between the supports and the layered composite so that only compressive tractions can be transmitted across the interface. The layered composite is subjected to a uniform clamping pressure over a finite portion of its top surface. The problem is reduced to a singular integral equation in which the contact pressure is the unknown function. The singular integral equation is evaluated numerically and the results for various dimensionless quantities are presented in graphical forms.

Authors:

• T. S. Ozsahin
• V. Kahya
• A. Birinci
• A. O. Cakiroglu

Keywords:

• Frictionless contact
• Layered composite
• Singularintegral equation
• The theory of elasticity.

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