Stresses in a Thick Plate Containing an Oblate Spheroidal Inclusion under Transverse Bending

Abstract

In the previous paper, we presented an axisymmetric solution for the stresses and displacements in an elastic thick plate containing an oblate spheroidal inclusion under circular bending around the edge of the thick plate. In the present paper, we studied an asymmetric solution for an elastic thick plate containing an oblate spheroidal inclusion under transverse bending around the y axis. Numerical results are given for different values of size, aspect ratio and stiffness ratio. The stress distributions around inclusion are shown graphically, and are compared with the axisymmetric results.