Abstract: Laser induced heating of a multilayered medium resting on a homogeneous half-space is considered. The transient heat transfer equation is solved by employing the Laplace transform in the time ...

Abstract: The problem of a cracked sphere is solved with the use of Boussinesq stress functions. Two coordinate systems—oblate spheroidal for representing the crack surface and spherical polars for the ...

Abstract: The axisymmetric elastostatic problem of a cracked sphere embedded in a dissimilar matrix is solved by using the solution for a spherical cavity in an infinite medium together with the ...