20.—Some Results for Two-phase Elastic Planes

Abstract

SynopsisThe first part of this paper is concerned with the elastic response of an isotropie infinite plane containing a central circular inhomogeneity to a deformation such that in the homogeneous infinite plane the associated elastic displacement is the gradient of a harmonic function. Based upon the Papkovich stress-function approach, it is shown that it is possible to represent all solutions to such problems by means of only one family of equations. The second part of the paper is concerned with the elastokinetics of two bonded dissimilar half-planes subjected to any uniformly moving body force. It is again shown that there exist simple relations between components of the elastic field in the composite plane and those of a particular field in the homogeneous infinite plane.