Debonding of an elastic layer with a cavity from a rigid substrate caused by rotation of a bonded rigid cylinder

Debonding of an elastic layer with a circular cylindrical cavity [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], from a rigid substrate under action of a rigid cylinder is the object of this study. The annular debonding zone [Formula: see text] is caused by rotation of a cylinder bonded to the cavity surface. The problem is reformulated as dual integral equations with Weber integral transforms kernels. A Volterra operator transforming a Weber transforms kernel into a Bessel function of the first kind and Hankel integral transforms allow us to reduce dual equations to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind and then, by some transformation, to another Fredholm integral equation which is more suitable for approximate methods. As [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], a highly accurate analytic approximate solution of the problem is suggested. The asymptotic solution of the problem is obtained as the width of debonding zone is very small while the thickness is not small. When the thickness is small, the Fredholm integral equations are computationally inefficient. A new method based on an operator transforming a Bessel function of the first kind into the kernel of Mehler–Fock integral transforms enabled us to convert one of the above-mentioned Fredholm equations into an equivalent Fredholm integral equation of the second kind that is effective for a small thickness. The asymptotic solution of the problem is obtained when both the layer thickness and the debonding zone width are small. Accurate mathematical methods, in particular investigations, and transformations of equations, developed in this study can be interesting to researchers employing dual integral equations technique in problems of mechanics and mathematical physics with mixed boundary conditions.