Stress Concentrations of an Elastic Semi-infinite Plate with a Circular Rigid Inclusion under a Uniform Pressure Acting Partially on the Straight Edge

Abstract

This paper investigates on the stress concentration problems of an elastic semi-infinite plate with a rigid circular inclusion under a uniform pressure partially acting on the straight edge. A body force distribution method of solution is presented for the problem by applying the so-called Melan's solution for a point body force acting in an elastic semi-infinite plate. Influences of the depth of inclusion and the width of pressure on stress distributions are shown.