Contact Problem for an Elastic Layer on an Elastic Half Plane Loaded by Means of Three Rigid Flat Punches

Table 2

Variation of distance between two punches (𝑏−𝑎)/ℎ that ends interaction of punches with 𝑄/𝑃 (𝜇₂/𝜇₁=2.75, 𝑎/ℎ=0.25, and (𝑐−𝑏)/ℎ=0.5).

𝑄	(𝑏−𝑎)/ℎ	Punch I		Punch II
		𝜆crright	(𝑥crright−𝑎)/ℎ	𝜆crleft=𝜆crright
𝑃	10.5585	96.6748	2.091	96.6175	2.092
2𝑃	9.5874	96.0544	2.091	48.3612	2.092
4𝑃	8.6032	94.2026	2.094	24.1974	2.092
6𝑃	8.1313	91.6959	2.100	16.1360	2.092
8𝑃	7.8582	88.6769	2.111	12.1037	2.091
10𝑃	7.6742	85.2495	2.128	9.6838	2.091
12𝑃	7.5378	81.4924	2.153	8.0704	2.091
14𝑃	7.4308	81.4924	2.192	6.9178	2.090