Abstract
Solutions for the isothermal stress distribution in a two-dimensional infinite wedge are obtained for negative-gradient triangular distributions of normal and tangential stress, acting over a segment of the wedge surface adjacent to the apex.
The general stress-field equations are obtained in integral form by Tranter's method, which involves the application of the Mellin transform, and these equations are evaluated numerically to give the distributions of radial stress at the surfaces of a x/2 wedge. A superposition method is used to obtain the surface stresses for truncated triangular distributions of boundary loads, and the results are applied to the problem of estimating the surface stresses in a metal-cutting tool.
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