Abstract: This paper considers analytically the stress concentration in an infinite plane loaded by a circular inclusion, which is bonded to a reinforced hole in the plane. The pulling force of the ...

Abstract: An exact solution for stress distributions within a finite transversely isotropic cylinder for the axial point load strength test (PLST) is analytically derived. Lekhnitskii’s stress function is first used to uncouple the ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new analytic solution for the stresses within an elastic solid finite cylinder subjected to the axial point load strength test (PLST). The “displacement potential approach” is used to uncouple the ...

Abstract: The possibility of testing irregular lumps under the point load strength test (PLST) was investigated theoretically and experimentally. In particular, a new analytical solution for stress distribution within a sphere under ...