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A Coupled Thermoelastic Problem of A Half Space Due To

Thermal Shock on the Bounding Surface.
Dr. Ashoke Das,
Head of the Department, Mathematics, Raiganj University, Pin: 733124

I.
Introduction:
This paper is concerned with the determination of temperature and displacement of a half space
bounding surface due to thermal shock. This paper deals with the place boundary of the half-space is free of
stress and is subjected to a thermal shock. Moreover , the perturbation method is employed with the
thermoelastic coupling facter as the perturbation parameter. The Laplace transform and its inverse with very
small thermoelastic coupling facter are used. The deformation field is obtained for small values of time.
7 has formulated different types of thermal boundary condition problems.
II.
Formulation Of The Problem: Governing Equations
Let the elastic half-space be x 0 with surface plane x = 0 , free of tractions for all time. The solid is
assumed to be mechanically constrained so that the displacement components = , , = = 0 and
the temperature distribution is of the form T= T ( x , t ) , x and t denoting respectively the space- coordinate and
time.
The coupled thermo- elastic differential 12 are
2

( + 2 ) 2 =
2

+ +

(1)

K 2 = + + (2)
The initial conditions are taken to be
,
U ( x,0 ) = =
The boundary condition is that the normal stress 0, = 0. Introducing dimensionless variables
1 =

, 1 =

, =

1 =
=

, 2 =

+2

, = (3 + )

1 =

( + 2)
,

(3)

Equations (1) and (2) reduce to

=
=

(4)

(5)

With the initial conditions

, = at t = 0 for all > 0 (6)

The boundary conditions

(a) = = 1 1 = 0 , 1 = 0 (7)

(b) 1 = 0 (1 )

for all 1 0

Due to instantaneousthermal shock on 1 = 0 where 0 is a constant and (1 ) is the well known

Dirac delta function.
Besides, the regularity conditions require

1 , 1 , 1 , 1 0 1 (8)
1

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The constant represents the thermoelastic coupling factor and is given by
2 0
=
( + 2)

III.
Solution Of The Problem
Let Laplace transform of 1 1 , 1 , 1 ( 1 , 1 ) be

1 1 , 1 1 1

1 1 , =
1 1 ,

0 1

1 , 1 1 1 (9)

Laplace transform of (4) and (5) give

2 1

2 1 =

12

2 1
12

And

(10)

1 =

1
1

0 1

With 1 1 , , 1 ,
1 = 0 1 = 0

(11)
1

and

= 0 1 = 0 (12)

Elimination of 1 from (10) and (11) gives

4 1

2 1

1 + +

14

12

+ 3 1 = 0 (13)

Eliminating 1 from (10) and (11) we get the same equation in terms of 1
Solving these two equations satisfying first conditions of (12)
1 = 1 1 + 2 1
1 1
2 1
1 = 1
+ 1
(14)
Where 12 22 are the roots of the quadratic equation
4 1 + + 2 + 3 = 0 (15)
Hence 12 + 22 = 1 + + , 12 22 = 3

And 1 2 =

(0 0 )

0 =
0 =
Now 1

1 =0
1

And

(1 + + + 2 )
(1 + + 2 )

= 0 1 = 0 1

= 0 =
1 =0

0 + 1
2

Therefore 1 = 1 1 1 + 0 1 2 1
0 + 1

1 = 1 1 1

2 1 (16)

Now, substituting the solutions (16) into (10),

0 + 1 2
0 + 1 2 2 1
2
+ 1 0 2 2 1

12 2 1 1 +
= - 1 1 1 1
This is satisfied if
1 1 = 2 - A12
And 2 0 1 = 2 0 + 1
Solving for A and 1
A=

1
22 12

0 , 1 =

Hence , 1 = 0
1 = 0

2
12 22

2 0 + 1
2

12 2

12 22 0
12 2
12 22

1 1

22 2
12 22

2 1

(17)

1 1 2 2 2 1 (18)
1

Since is generally very small, we expand in ascending powers of and retain terms up to its first
power.
Hence
0 =

+1

+ =

+1

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1+

1
+1 2

+1 +

2 +1

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0 =

1 +2

Also, 12 2 =

, 1 = 1 + 2 1 , 2 = 1 2 1 (19)
1
1
+1
1
2
2 =
1 2
1
1 2

, 22 2 = 1 1

Using these approxemations

1 ( 1, )
0

= 1

1 1,
=
0

1
1

1
1 2

1 1
2

+1

2 1 1
2

1
1 2

(20)

1
1
1
+ 1
1

1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1+
1 +

1
2 1 2
2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1
+
+1
1
1 3

(21)

IV.
Temperature Field
Using the 14 , the temperature field is given by
2
1 , 1
1
1
4
=
1 + 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1
0
2 13
2
1 1 1
1
1 1
4
+
1 1 + 1
+ 1 1
2
1
2 1
2 2

1
1
1
1 + 1
+ 1
2 1
2 1
1
1
1
1
1
1 + 1
+ 1
2
2 1
2 1
1
1
1
+ 1 1
1 1
+ 1
4
2 1
2 1
2

=2

3
1

4 1

+ 1 , 1 (22)

Where

F( 1 , 1 = 1 1 1 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 21

1
1

1 /4 1

In thetemperature distribution(22), the first term on the right-hand side represents the solution of the
classical heat conduction equation while the 1 , 1 is the perturbation due to the thermoelastic coupling
coefficient . 1 , 1 is the perturbation function for temperature. It is seen that perturbation function is zero
when 1 is zero for all values of1 > 0.

V.
Deformation Field
Thermoelastic deformation for small values of time is calculated when parameter p is large and the
expansions are inverse powers of p. Hence using approximations (19) and expanding for large p, keeping terms
7

upto2 , we obtain from (21)

1 ,
1
1
1
31
1
1
=
+ 2 1
+ 1 + 2 1
+
+1
+ 1
2
3
0
2

2 2
2
1 1
3 1
1
+ 1
+
+
1

+
1

5
3
5
7
3
2
2
2
2
Taking the inversion, we get, for small values of time, the deformation field

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1 1 , 1
1
=
+ 2 1 1 1 + 1 + 2 1 1 1 1 1
0
2
31
1 1 2
1
1
+
+ 1 1 1
+
41 2
2
2
2
2
2 1
+ 1 41 2 4
5

+ 1 5 41 2 5

1
2 1

+ 2 1

+ 13
2 1
2

41 2 3

1
2 1

2 1
Where denote the associated complementary error function of the degree and H is
the Heavy side unit function defined by
H = 1,
>0
= 0,
<0
Where 1 = 0 the surface displacement is
0,
12
= 2 1 1 + 2 1 1 1 + 1 1
21 2 0 + 612 4 0
0
2
3
5
3
+ 2 1 0 + 1
812 3 0 + 1 5 32 12 5 (0)
2
When the material of the half space is copper, =0.0168. The values of the surface displacement for
small values of time are shown in the table:
1

0, 1
0

0
0.9653

0.000001
0.9653

TABLE
0.0001
0.9552

0.001
0.9317

0.01
0.8626

0.04
0.7738

0.09
0.6932

Graphical representation of surface displacement for small values of time:

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