FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS 107
Here we shall consider the case of a point force P normal to the
interface at a depth c (see Figure 4.9).
Plane x
3
= 0
Observation point
Figure 4.9 Force normal to the boundary in the interior of
a
semi-infinite solid
Mindlin
3
found that the zero stress condition on x
3
= 0 is
produced by a combination of images at (0, 0,
— c)
of the following
types:
(a) a force in the x
3
direction at (0, 0, —c)
+ (b) a double force in the x
3
direction at (0, 0, -c)
+ (c) a centre of compression (three mutually perpendicular
double forces) at (0, 0,
—
c)
+ (d) a line of compression along the z axis from x
3
=
— c
to
x
3
= +c.
+ (e) a doublet at (0, 0, -c).
Superposing the displacement fields due to the original force and its
images we obtain the displacement field for the force normal to the
interface for the horizontal directions Xj and x
2
as