Stress distribution in an elastic layer resting on a Winkler foundation with an emptiness

The paper deals with the plane problem of an elastic layer resting on a Winkler foundation with an emptiness. The stresses in the layer are caused by a given normal loading on its upper boundary plane. The mathematical formulation of the problem leads to a mixed boundary value problem and it is solved using Fourier transform methods and Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. The detailed analysis is derived analytically and numerically for an elliptic distribution of boundary loadings. The results for the normal displacement and the stresses on the lower boundary of the layer are presented in figures.