On a method of solving a two-dimensional integral equation of the first kind with a power-law kernel and its application to contact problems (Q1070904)

A method based on Hobson's theorem is proposed for constructing exact solutions of an integral equation of the first kind, defined on an elliptical area, with a power-law (polar) kernel and a polynomial right side. Solutions of this equation with different asymptotic expansions in the neighbourhood of the boundary ellipse are presented in an explicit closed form. The problem of the pressure of a stiff elliptical cylinder with arbitrary polynomial form for the base in an inhomogeneous elastic half-space \((\nu =const,\quad E=E_{\alpha}x_ 3^{\alpha})\) is considered as an illustration.