Introduction to Elasticity/Concentrated force on half plane
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[edit] Concentrated Force on a Half-Plane
From the Flamant Solution
and
If
and
, we obtain the special case of a concentrated force acting on a half-plane. Then,
or,
Therefore,
The stresses are
The stress
is obviously the superposition of the stresses due to
and
, applied separately to the half-plane.
[edit] Problem 1: Stresses and displacements due to 
The tensile force
produces the stress field
The stress function is
Hence, the displacements from Michell's solution are
At θ = 0, (x1 > 0, x2 = 0),
At θ = − π, (x1 < 0, x2 = 0),
where
Since we expect the solution to be symmetric about
, we superpose a rigid body displacement
The displacements are
where
and
on
.
[edit] Problem 2: Stresses and displacements due to 
The tensile force
produces the stress field
The displacements are
[edit] Stresses and displacements due to 
Superpose the two solutions. The stresses are
The displacements are








![\begin{align}
2\mu u_r & = \frac{F_2}{2\pi}\left[(\kappa-1)\theta\cos\theta +
\sin\theta - (\kappa+1)\ln(r)\sin\theta\right] \\
2\mu u_{\theta} & = \frac{F_2}{2\pi}\left[-(\kappa-1)\theta\sin\theta -
\cos\theta - (\kappa+1)\ln(r)\cos\theta\right]
\end{align}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/f/c/7/fc7673cf162210356c5cc62a7eee8132.png)
![\begin{align}
2\mu u_r = 2\mu u_1 & = 0 \\
2\mu u_{\theta} = 2\mu u_2 & = \frac{F_2}{2\pi}\left[-1
- (\kappa+1)\ln(r)\right]
\end{align}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/b/d/0bdd8faca5fa74a79499d324d98afc53.png)
![\begin{align}
2\mu u_r = -2\mu u_1 & =\frac{F_2}{2\pi}(\kappa-1)\\
2\mu u_{\theta} = -2\mu u_2 & = \frac{F_2}{2\pi}\left[1
+ (\kappa+1)\ln(r)\right]
\end{align}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/b/e/4/be4e3e1ce36f80cd44d47782949c5750.png)






