ANGLE OF CONTACT FOR SMOOTH ELASTIC INCLUSIONS.

Abstract

This paper considers cylindrical and spherical inclusions in an infinite homogeneous isotropic elastic medium under uniform tension. For the two dimensional inclusion, solution of the biharmonic equation leads to 'dual series' relations. For the analogous axisymmetric problem involving a spherical inclusion Boussinesq potentials are used, which lead to 'dual series' relations involving Legendre functions.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0657571

Entities

People

  • Ben Noble
  • M. Hussain

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Equations
  • Inclusions
  • Legendre Functions
  • Mathematics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Structural Dynamics.