A contact problem with friction and adhesion for an elastic layer with stiffeners (Q1315597)

The contact of elastic layer with an infinite stiffener to which a uniform contact normal load and a concentrated tangential force are applied is considered. In the neighborhood of the point of application of this force on the line of the contact of the stiffener with the layer a segment is separated out, on which the effect of the Coulomb friction is taken into account. Outside this segment the stiffener and the layer are under conditions of complete adhesion. The problem is reduced to a Prandtl-type integro-differential equation. The length of the Coulomb friction zone and the contact tangential stresses in the adhesion zone are determined. It is obtained that the contact stresses are continuous everywhere in the contact area. The authors present also the solution of the problem of contact of a layer with a finite stiffener subject to a uniform pressure along the whole length and to an extension by forces concentrated at its tips. The problem is solved by analogy with the solution of the first problem. Some numerical examples of computations for infinite and finite stiffeners conclude the paper.