A Mixed Elastic Problem for an Isotropic Half-Plane with Circular Openings

A mixed problem is solved for a multiply connected half-plane with circular openings. Punches rigidly mated to the half-plane act on the rectilinear boundary. By using an analytic continuation through the unloaded parts of the rectilinear boundary and solving the obtained linear-conjunction problem for the slits of the multiply connected domain, the general representation of the complex potential containing unknown functions is found. These functions are holomorphic outside the openings and determined from the boundary conditions on the opening periphery and some additional equilibrium conditions for the punches. The indicated boundary conditions are satisfied with the help of the least-squares method. In the case where a punch acts on the boundary of a half-plane with one opening, the effects of the punch width and the relative position of the punch and the opening on the stress concentration and distribution are numerically evaluated