The two-dlmen.lonal problem 01 the .tatlc delormatlon 01 a multllayer.d hal’-.paco by surlace load. I •• tudl.d In d.tall. Both plane .traln and antlplan. strain calel are considered. The Thomson-Hlskell matrix method II uled to obtain the field at any point of the medium, Explicit expr … lon. for .tr ….. caused by a surflce line load on I uniform half~.pace are derived. The formulation developed II quite convenient for numerical computation.