SINGULAR INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE FLAT PUNCH PROBLEM FOR AN ELASTIC HALF-PLANE

When a. at punch is indented on elastic half-plane, the singular stress distribution at the vicinity of the punch corners is studied. The angle distribution for the stress components is also achieved in an explicit form. From obtained singular stress distribution, the punch singular stress factor is defined. The multiple punch problem can be considered as a superposition of many single punch problems. Taking the stress distribution under the punch base as the unknown function and the deformation under punch as the right-hand term, a set of the singular integral equations for the multiple punch problem can be achieved. After the singular integral equations are solved, the stress distributions under punches can be obtained. In addition, the exerting locations of the resultant forces under punches can also be determined. Two numerical examples with the calculated results are presented.