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Pressure on circular area of a semi-infinite plane: typos in textbooks "contact mechanics" "surface mechanics" "elasticity"

This is supposed to be a very classic analytical solution in applied elasticity. Forgive me if this is a repost or some correction has been made before. I had a hard time with it.

Problem statement:  uniform pressure is applied on cirular area (radius=r) on top of a semi-infinite plane. Find the vertical deflection.


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