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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 83, Number 1, July10 2022 , pages 67-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2022.83.1.067
 


Continuous and discontinuous contact problem of a magneto-electro-elastic layer
İsa Çömez and Pembe Merve Karabulut

 
Abstract
    In this study, frictionless continuous and discontinuous contact problems of a magneto-electro-elastic layer in the presence of the body force were discussed. The layer was indented by a rigid cylindrical insulating punch and supported by a rigid substrate without bond. Applying the Fourier integral transform technique, the general expressions of the problem were derived in the presence of body force. Thanks to the boundary conditions, the singular integral equations were obtained for both the continuous and the discontinuous contact cases. Gauss–Chebyshev integration formulas were used to transform the singular integral equations into a set of nonlinear equations. Contact width under the punch, initial separation distance, critical load, separation regions and contact stress under the punch and between the layer, and substrate were given as a result.
 
Key Words
    body force; contact problem; continuous and discontinuous contact problem; Fourier integral transform; magneto-electro-elastic materials; singular integral equation
 
Address
İsa Çömez: Department of Civil Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
Pembe Merve Karabulut: Department of Civil Engineering, Cank
 

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