Concentrated force in a cubic anisotropic solid: a single integral solution

Abstract

A single integral solution is presented for displacements arising from a concentrated force in an infinite medium with cubic elastic anisotropy. The integrand is an explicit algebraic expression of the three elastic constants and the spherical coordinates of the point at which the displacements are required. The integral gives the displacement components referred to the cubic axes. Although the concentrated force is along a cubic axis, a force in an arbitrary direction can be constructed by the superposition of the solutions for its components along the axes. Applications are suggested that use distributions of point forces to model defects in cubic crystals. Elastic displacement fields are presented for crystals of Na, Cu, Rb I, Nb and W.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Source ID
10.1063/1.1661942

Entities

People

  • George Sines
  • John W. Goodman
  • Robert A. Masumura

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory
  • University of California

Tags

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.