Three-dimensional elastostatics of a layer and a layered medium (Q1088483)

This paper is concerned with the determination of the distribution of stresses and displacements in an infinite three-dimensional, linear elastic isotropic, homogeneous layer, subjected to concentrated body forces acting upon an arbitrary internal point. In {\S} 2 and {\S} 3 the governing partial differential field equations are reduced to a system of ordinary differential equations by the use of the two-dimensional Fourier transform, taken with respect to the two in-plane geometric variables ({\S} 4). Analytical expressions for the stresses and displacements are then obtained for the particular case of concentrated body forces, represented as Dirac delta functions ({\S} 5). The results are subsequently utilized to formulate the multilayered medium problem by means of transfer matrices. In {\S} 8 the typical problem of a non- adhesive layered medium is undertaken.