2-Dimensional Deformation of an Irregular Orthotropic Elastic Medium

In the present paper the closed form analytical expressions for the displacement and stresses at any point of an infinite irregular orthotropic elastic medium as a result of normal line-load have been obtained by using eigen-value approach. The irregularity of rectangular and parabolic shape has been considered. To examine the effect of different type of irregularities the variation of displacement and stresses with horizontal distance have been shown graphically by taking different sizes of irregularities. Also to study the effect of irregularities present in the medium the comparison between the displacement due to with and without irregularities have been made. Contour maps showing the displacement field for each type of irregularities are presented.