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

Table 5

Variation of load factor values with distance between two punches (𝑏−𝑎)/ℎ (𝑄=2𝑃, 𝜇₂/𝜇₁=1.65, 𝑎/ℎ=0.5, and (𝑐−𝑏)/ℎ=1).

(𝑏−𝑎)/ℎ	Punch I		Punch II
	𝜆crright	𝑥crright	𝜆crleft	𝑥crleft	𝜆crright	𝑥crright
0.5					30.6814	4.294
1					32.4279	4.806
3					34.0783	6.808
5	28.4331	3.167	28.4331	3.167	34.2756	8.803
6	32.0727	4.184	32.0727	4.184	34.3055	9.801
7	33.8531	5.211	33.8531	5.211	34.3175	10.800
7.9446	123.1714	2.835	34.3182	6.148	34.3182	11.743