Interfacial Stresses Induced by Arbitrary Loading of Dissimilar Elastic Half-spaces Joined Over a Circular Region

Abstract

The title problem is formulated in terms of a set of coupled integral equations for the components of the interfacial traction vector. These equations are then solved by a method which involves combining Fourier and Radon transforms, solving a matrix Hilbert problem and judiciously selecting certain arbitrary functions which appear, for the case in which both half-spaces are isotropic. Possible extensions are briefly discussed.