IJES 1976 Abstract
Moving Loads on Elastic Strips with One-Sided Constraints
G.G. Adams
Summary
An infinite elastic strip resting on a flat rigid foundation is loaded by an upward
directed concentrated force, which moves at constant speed. Using the plane strain theory
of elasticity, we reduce the resulting mixed boundary value problem to a pair of coupled
Fredholm integral equations. With force magnitude and speed as parameters, the non-contact
length, lower boundary displacement, and foundation contact pressure are computed and
illustrated graphically.
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