The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Stress analysis is carried out in a medium composed of an orthotropic substrate weakened by defects and reinforced by an orthotropic functionally graded coating utilizing the distributed dislocation technique. The medium is under anti-plane shear deformation. Imperfect bonding of substrate and coating is allowed and imperfection is quantified by means of the well-known linear spring model. The solution...