Uniform Stress Inside an Anisotropic Elliptic Inclusion with Imperfect Interface Bonding

In this paper we study the two-dimensional deformation of an anisotropic elliptic inclusion embedded in an infinite dissimilar anisotropic matrix subject to a uniform loading at infinity. The interface is assumed to be imperfectly bonded. The surface traction is continuous across the interface while the displacement is discontinuous. The interface function that relates the surface traction and the displacement discontinuity across the interface is a tensor function, not a scalar function as employed by most work in the literature. We choose the interface function such that the stress inside the elliptic inclusion is uniform. Explicit solution for the inclusion and the matrix is presented. The materials in the inclusion and in the matrix are general anisotropic elastic materials so that the antiplane and inplane displacements are coupled regardless of the applied loading at infinity. T.C.T. Ting is Professor Emeritus of University of Illinois at Chicago and Consulting Professor of Stanford University.