Accession Number:

AD0743545

Title:

An Infinite Slab of Isotropic, Transversely Inhomogenous Elastic Material Subjected to Tension

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE RI DIV OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Paslay, Paul R.

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The dependence of the stress field on a continuous periodically varying stiffness which approximates a layered material is studied. This dependence is compared to the solution for the usual approximation of converting this class of problems to the superposition of an anisotropic one and a residual boundary problem. The region of applicability of the usual approximation is found to be as expected geometrically but surprisingly large as far as variation of stiffness is concerned.

Descriptors:

• *ROCK
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• STRESSES

Subject Categories:

• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE