On some contact problems for inhomogeneous anisotropic elastic materials

Some generalised plane strain contact problems are considered for a class of inhomogeneous anisotropic elastic materials for which the elastic moduli vary continuously with the spatial coordinates. Strip loading of a half-space and a layer on a rigid foundation are considered and integral expressions for the displacement and stress are obtained. Numerical results are obtained for some particular transversely isotropic and isotropic materials.