Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity

The linear theory of thermoelasticity without energy dissipation is employed to study waves emanating from the boundary of a spherical cavity in a homogeneous and isotropic unbounded thermoelastic body. The waves are supposed to be spherically symmetric and caused by a constant step in temperature a...

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Main Authors: D. S. Chandrasekharaiah, K. S. Srinath
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200001514
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description The linear theory of thermoelasticity without energy dissipation is employed to study waves emanating from the boundary of a spherical cavity in a homogeneous and isotropic unbounded thermoelastic body. The waves are supposed to be spherically symmetric and caused by a constant step in temperature applied to the stress-free boundary of the cavity. Small-time solutions for the displacement, temperature, and stress fields are obtained by using the Laplace transform technique. It is found that there exist two coupled waves, of which one is predominantly elastic and the other is predominantly thermal, both propagating with finite speeds but with no exponential attenuation. Exact expressions for discontinuities in the field functions that occur at the wavefronts are computed and analysed. The results are compared with those obtained earlier in the contexts of some other models of thermoelasticity.
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spelling doaj-art-080bfb2c412a4c67a26f0dfea860bdfe2025-02-03T01:22:33ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252000-01-0123855556210.1155/S0161171200001514Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavityD. S. Chandrasekharaiah0K. S. Srinath1Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, Central College Campus, Bangalore 560 001, IndiaDepartment of Mathematics, Islamia Institute of Technology, National Park Road, Bangalore 560 076, IndiaThe linear theory of thermoelasticity without energy dissipation is employed to study waves emanating from the boundary of a spherical cavity in a homogeneous and isotropic unbounded thermoelastic body. The waves are supposed to be spherically symmetric and caused by a constant step in temperature applied to the stress-free boundary of the cavity. Small-time solutions for the displacement, temperature, and stress fields are obtained by using the Laplace transform technique. It is found that there exist two coupled waves, of which one is predominantly elastic and the other is predominantly thermal, both propagating with finite speeds but with no exponential attenuation. Exact expressions for discontinuities in the field functions that occur at the wavefronts are computed and analysed. The results are compared with those obtained earlier in the contexts of some other models of thermoelasticity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200001514Thermoelasticity without energy dissipation generalized thermo-elasticitythermo-elastic sphericalwaves.
spellingShingle D. S. Chandrasekharaiah
K. S. Srinath
Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Thermoelasticity without energy dissipation
generalized thermo-elasticity
thermo-elastic sphericalwaves.
title Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
title_full Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
title_fullStr Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
title_full_unstemmed Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
title_short Thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
title_sort thermoelastic waves without energy dissipation in an unbounded body with a spherical cavity
topic Thermoelasticity without energy dissipation
generalized thermo-elasticity
thermo-elastic sphericalwaves.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171200001514
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