Department of Civil Engineering,Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
In this paper, the steady-state stresses in a homogeneous isotropic half-space under a
moving wheel-type load with constant subsonic speed, prescribed on a nite patch on the boundary, are
investigated. Navier's equations of motion in 2D case were modi ed via Stokes-Helmholtz resolution
to a system of partial di erential equations. A double Fourier-Laplace transformation procedure was
employed to solve the system of partial di erential equations in a new moving reference system, regarding
the boundary conditions. The e ects of force transmission from the contact patch to the half-space
have been considered in the boundary conditions. Utilizing a property of Laplace transformation leads
to transformed steady-states stresses for which inverse Fourier transformation yielded the steady-state
stresses. Considering two types of uniform and parabolic force transmission mechanism and a comparison
between the pertaining results demonstrated that the parabolic load transmission induce lower stresses
than the uniform one. Results of the problem for various speeds of moving loads showed that the stresses
increase as the moving loads' speeds increase to an extremum speed known as CIS. After the CIS speed,
stresses' absolute values decrease for higher speeds. Eventually CIS values for homogeneous half-spaces
with di erent material properties were obtained.
Mofid, M., Vafai, A., & Dehestani, M. (2010). Steady-State Stresses in a Half-Space Due to Moving Wheel-Type Loads with Finite Contact Patch. Scientia Iranica, 17(5), -.
MLA
M. Mofid; A. Vafai; M. Dehestani. "Steady-State Stresses in a Half-Space Due to Moving Wheel-Type Loads with Finite Contact Patch". Scientia Iranica, 17, 5, 2010, -.
HARVARD
Mofid, M., Vafai, A., Dehestani, M. (2010). 'Steady-State Stresses in a Half-Space Due to Moving Wheel-Type Loads with Finite Contact Patch', Scientia Iranica, 17(5), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
Mofid, M., Vafai, A., Dehestani, M. Steady-State Stresses in a Half-Space Due to Moving Wheel-Type Loads with Finite Contact Patch. Scientia Iranica, 2010; 17(5): -.
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