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Plane elastostatic transmission through an interface layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2000

K. ADEROGBA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Abstract

A theorem is established for generating by differentiation and integration the Airy stress function due to the presence of any arbitrary two-dimensional singularity near a thick layer separating two other dissimilar semi-infinite solids directly from the corresponding Airy stress function for the unbounded homogeneous solid. A systematic application of the theorem yields the dominant distant effect associated with any arbitrary influencing line singularity in a well-structured physically interpretable form. As an illustration, the problem of a concentrated line force of arbitrary orientation near the interface layer is examined from this standpoint. It is found that a force aligned normal to the interface layer produces a far-field effect of an edge dislocation with Burgers vector parallel to the interface layer, together with a semi-infinite plane of centres of dilatation, whereas a force aligned parallel to the interface layer produces a far-field effect of an edge dislocation with Burgers vector perpendicular to the interface layer together with a semi-infinite plane of concentrated couples.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2000 Cambridge Philosophical Society

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