SBFE analysis of surface loaded elastic layered media with influence of surface/interface energy

A numerical technique, based upon a scaled boundary finite element (SBFE) method, is proposed for the analysis of a two-dimensional, infinite, elastic, layered medium under arbitrary surface loads and surface energy effects. The governing equations of the bulk layers and the material surface/interfaces were formulated from linear elasticity and Gurtin-Murdoch surface elasticity theories, respectively. The SBFE formulation was established in a...