Inverse antiplane problem on $n$ uniformly stressed inclusions

Abstract: The inverse problem of antiplane elasticity on determination of the profiles of $n$ uniformly stressed inclusions is studied. The inclusions are in ideal contact with the surrounding matrix, the stress field inside the inclusions is uniform, and at infinity the body is subjected to antiplane uniform shear. The exterior of the inclusions, an $n$-connected domain, is treated as the image by a conformal map of an $n$-connected slit domain with the slits lying in the same line. The inverse problem is solved by quadratures by reducing it to two Riemann-Hilbert problems on a Riemann surface of genus $n-1$. Samples of two and three symmetric and non-symmetric uniformly stressed inclusions are reported.