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Unilateral contact between a plate and an elastic foundation

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Si analizza il problema di contatto unilaterale senza attrito tra una piastra e una fondazione elastica. Per la fondazione si esaminano i modelli di semispazio elastico e di suolo alla Winkler.

Vengono presentate le formulazioni variazionali più convenienti ai fini dell'approssimazione delle soluzioni col metodo degli elementi finiti e si illustrano alcuni risultati di un'indagine numerica per il caso di piastra circolare con carico assialsimmetrico.

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The unilateral frictionless contact between a plate and an elastic subgrade is examined. The foundation is modeled as an elastic half-space or as a Winkler subgrade. The variational formulations more convenient to get approximate solutions are presented. Furthermore the results of a numerical investigation relative to an axisymmetric circular plate are given.

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Ascione, L., Grimaldi, A. Unilateral contact between a plate and an elastic foundation. Meccanica 19, 223–233 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01743736

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