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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004

Axisymmetric Force Solution for a Semi - Infinite Cubic Solid

Charles Ruimy (1), Marc Dahan (2)
1. UHA, Mulhouse, France
2. Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, Besancon, France


An exact three-dimensionnal analysis is developped for an axisymmetric loading on the surface of a half-space composed by an anisotropic cubic medium. The loading is assumed to be parallel to the elastic symmetry axis of the material. The general solution of the axisymmetric problem for a homogeneous medium is given for a surface concentrated loading by exact integral expressions, and from it a closed form solution for a point force is deduced. The numerical results are performed to show the anisotropic effect with isovalue curves of stress.



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