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An explicit boussinesq solution for a polynomial distribution of pressure over a triangular region

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This paper presents explicit formulae for the deflection of the surface of an elastic half-space due to a continuous pressure represented by a cubic polynomial distributed over a triangular area.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

    Otto J. Svec & G. M. L. Gladwell

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Svec, O.J., Gladwell, G.M.L. An explicit boussinesq solution for a polynomial distribution of pressure over a triangular region. J Elasticity 1, 167–170 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046468

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