Boussinesq problem of plane micropolar elasticity

✍ Scribed by T. Korman; J. E. Goldberg; F. Morghem; M. H. Baluch

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 436 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0029-5981
• DOI: 10.1002/nme.1620080105

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This paper deals with a finite element formulation and solution of the boundary value problem of a concentrated force acting on a semi‐infinite micropolar solid. A stiffness matrix is derived for a flat micropolar rectangular element in a plane state and use is made of this element to solve the case of the semi‐infinite micropolar solid both in a state of plane stress and plane strain. An immediate application of the plane strain case is the important practical problem of a long line load acting on a soil mass which may be simulated as a micropolar body.