On singularities of the state of stress of an orthotropic half-strip (Q1090126)

The state of stress is investigated in a half-strip on whose lateral sides an arbitrary load is given, while boundary conditions of the first or second kind are realized on the endface. The method of Fourier integral transforms is used which enables the problem to be reduced to a singular integral equation with moving and fixed singularities. It is shown that in the case of a clamped endface the stresses have singularities at the angular points of the half-strip, and the dependences of the degree of the singularity on the elastic characteristics of the material are also determined. Graphs of the stress distribution along the clamped endface are constructed for different kinds of external loads.