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A note on the Boussinesq problem for a flat-ended cylinder with elliptical cross-section

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A simple solution of the Boussinesq problem when the rigid punch is a flat-ended cylinder of elliptical cross section is derived by transform methods.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland

    Ian N. Sneddon

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The work described in this paper was supported by NSF grant MCS 75-038-94A2 while the author was visiting Indiana University.

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Sneddon, I.N. A note on the Boussinesq problem for a flat-ended cylinder with elliptical cross-section. J Elasticity 9, 215–219 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041329

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