Stresses in a Thick Plate Containing an Oblate Spheroidal Inclusion Under Axisymmetric Bending

Abstract

The paper presents a axisymmetric solution for the stresses and displaements in an elastic thick plate containing an oblate spheroidal inclusion under axisymmetric bending around the z axis. The related spherical cavity and inclusion problems were solved by Tsuchida et al. by using Boussinesq's displacement potentials. The surfaces between the inclusion and the matrix are assumed perfect bonding. The solution is based upon Boussinesq's displacement potentials. Numerical examples are given.