The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to study a contact problem for a system consisting of a large number of small punches situated along a given curve on the boundary of an elastic half-space. The cases of cylindrical punches (the linear problem) and spherical punches (the structurally non-linear contact problem) are considered. In the linear case the reduced logarithmic capacit...

A general model of the equations of generalized thermoelasticity   for an infinite space weakened by a finite linear opening Mode-I crack is solving. The material is   homogeneous and has isotropic properties of elastic half space. The crack is subjected to prescribed temperature and stress distribution. The formulation is applied to generalized thermoelasticity theories, the Lord-Şhulman...

The density profile of an elastic fiber like DNA will change in space and time as ligands associate with it. This observation affords a new direction in single molecule studies provided that density profiles can be measured in space and time. In fact, this is precisely the objective of seismology, where the mathematics of inverse problems have been employed with success. We argue that inverse p...