Antisymmetric bonded contact problem for an elastic layer

Abstract EN

This paper is concerned with the plane strain problem of an elastic layer bonded to a rigid substrate along its entire lower surface.

The layer is under the action of a bending moment applied through a rigid rectangular block bonded to its upper surface.

The analysis for the incompressible layer leads to a system of two singular integral equations of the first kind for the interface normal and shear stresses at the base of the rigid block.

These integral equations are solved numerically, and the stress distributions and stress intensity factors are calculated for various geomet-ries.