Jeffery solution for an elastic disk containing a sliding eccentric circular inclusion assembled by interference fit

An analytic solution is presented for stresses induced in an elastic and isotropic disk by an eccentric press-fitted circular inclusion. The disk is also subject to uniform normal stress applied at its outer border. The inclusion is assumed to be of the same material as the annular disk and both elements are in a plane stress or plane strain state. A frictionless contact condition is assumed between the two members. The solution is obtained by using the general expression for a biharmonic stress function in bipolar coordinates. The results show that the maximum of the von Mises effective stress due to the inclusion interference occurs in the ligament for large eccentricity, but it deviates from the symmetry axis for small eccentricity. Moreover, along the border of the circular inclusion the hoop stress locally coincides with the contact pressure, in agreement with a similar classical result valid for a half plane. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.