Photoelasticity Of Plane Elastic Contact Problems - Numerical Combination Solution

In this thesis, the combination of photoelastic and numerical methods is used to study the two-dimensional elastic contact problems. The mathematical description of the contact state is developed. Based on the boundary integral equation method, the system equation of contact problems, including contact conditions, is established. By incremental iteration, the numerical results are obtained, and compared with photoelastic experimental ones. They coincide well with each other. The effects of several factors on contact problems are discussed, and the experiment examination is provided for the numerical solution of elastic contact problems.