In this work, we introduce a mathematical model for the theory of generalized thermoelasticity with fractional heat conduction equation. The presented model will be applied to an infinitely long hollow cylinder whose inner surface is traction free and subjected to a thermal and mechanical shocks, while the external surface is traction free and subjected to a constant heat flux. Some theories of thermoelasticity can extracted as limited cases from our model. Laplace transform methods are utilized to solve the problem and the inverse of the Laplace transform is done numerically using the Fourier expansion techniques. The results for the temperature, the thermal stresses and the displacement components are illustrated graphically for various values of fractional order parameter. Moreover, some particular cases of interest have also been discussed.

In this paper, a method is proposed for extracting fracture parameters in anisotropic thermoelasticity cracking via interaction integral method within the framework of extended finite element method (XFEM). The proposed method is applied to linear thermoelastic crack problems. The numerical results of the stress intensity factors (SIFs) are presented and compared with those reported in related references. The good agreement of the results obtained by the developed method with those obtained by other numerical solutions proves the applicability of the proposed approach and confirms its capability of efficiently extracting thermoelasticity fracture parameters in anisotropic materials.

The main objective of the present paper is to analyze the effects of phase-lag on thick circular plate with heat sources in modified couple stress thermoelastic medium. The mathematical formulation is prepared for three-phase-lag heat conduction model subjected to prescribed normal heat flux along with stress free boundary. Laplace and Hankel transforms are used to deal the problem. The displacements, stresses and temperature change are obtained in the transformed domain. Numerical inversion technique has been used to obtain the solutions in the physical domain. The results obtained numerically for these quantities are presented graphically. Some particular cases are also discussed in the present problem.

This paper deals with a fully-coupled thermoelastic problem, in a heterogeneous medium, arising from the metallurgical industry. The aim is to prove regularity properties of the solution with respect to space and time. Regularity in space is obtained by means of regularity properties for elliptic operators. In order to prove regularity in time, a mathematical induction technique, together with an existence and uniqueness result for this type of problems, is applied.

In this paper, a method for extracting stress intensity factors (SIFs) in orthotropic thermoelasticity fracture by the extended finite element method (XFEM) and interaction integral method is present. The proposed method is utilized in linear elastic crack problems. The numerical results of the SIFs are presented and compared with those obtained using boundary element method (BEM). The good accordance among these two methods proves the applicability of the proposed approach and conforms its capability of efficiently extracting thermoelasticity fracture parameters in orthotropic material.

The aim of this article is to study the existence and uniqueness of solution for a quasistatic fully coupled thermoelastic problem arising from some metallurgical processes. We consider mixed boundary conditions for both submodels, and a Robin boundary condition for the thermal one. Furthermore, the reference temperature, the thermal conductivity and the Lamé's parameters are assumed to depend on the material point.

The general approximate solutions for the two-dimensional thermoelastic problems with a nearly circular hole are provided in this study. Based on Stroh formalism and the method of conformal mapping, the boundary perturbation analysis is applied to solve the problems of a hole with arbitrary shape. The radius of the hole considered here is represented as a sum of a reference constant and a perturbation magnitude that is expanded into a Fourier series. In order to illustrate the applicability and efficiency of the present approach, special examples associated with polygonal hole problems are solved explicitly and discussed in detail. Since the general solutions have not been found in the literature, comparison is made with some special cases for which the analytical solutions exist, which shows that our proposed method is effective and general.