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Title: Green s Function Expansion for Exponentially Graded Elasticity

Journal Article · · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
OSTI ID:979225

New computational forms are derived for the Green s function of an exponentially graded elastic material in three dimensions. By suitably expanding a term in the defining inverse Fourier integral, the displacement tensor can be written as a relatively simple analytic term, plus a single double integral that must be evaluated numerically. The integration is over a fixed finite domain, the integrand involves only elementary functions, and only low order Gauss quadrature is required for an accurate answer. Moreover, it is expected that this approach will allow a far simpler procedure for obtaining the first and second order derivatives needed in a boundary integral analysis. The new Green s function expressions have been tested by comparing with results from an earlier algorithm

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
979225
Journal Information:
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 82, Issue 6; ISSN 0029-5981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English