Torsional impact of a layer or a cylinder bonded to an elastic half-space

In this paper two torsional impact problems are considered. The first problem deals with the solution of a layer bonded to an elastic half-space when the layer is driven by the torsional impact over a bonded rigid circular disc. In the second problem sudden torsion by a rigid disc attached over the plane face of a circular cylinder is considered and the rest of the plane surface of the cylinder is stress free. The cylinder is bonded to the half-space, making use of Laplace and Hankel transforms the solution of each problem is reduced into Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. A numerical Laplace inversion technique is then used to recover the time depencence of the solution. The numerical values for the applied torque at the surface of rigid disc are calculated for each problem and then are displayed graphically.