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A mathematical analogy and a unified asymptotic formulation for singular elastic and electromagnetic fields at multimaterial wedges

Paggi, Marco and Carpinteri, Alberto and Orta, Renato A mathematical analogy and a unified asymptotic formulation for singular elastic and electromagnetic fields at multimaterial wedges. Journal of Elasticity, 99 (2). pp. 131-146. ISSN 0374-3535 (2010)

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Abstract

In the present contribution, the mathematical analogy existing between the singular stress field in elasticity due to antiplane loading and the singular electromagnetic fields in electromagnetism is derived with reference to the problem of isotropic multimaterial wedges. These configurations, where dissimilar sectors converge to the same vertex, are commonly observed in composite materials and may lead to singularities. The proposed analogy permits to extend several elastic solutions for the power of the stress-singularity already available in the elasticity literature to the analogous electromagnetic problems and viceversa. Finally, electromagnetic structures that cannot be treated according to the proposed analogy, such as those related to bi-isotropic multimaterial wedges, are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: 10.1007/s10659-009-9236-y
Uncontrolled Keywords: Singularities; Re-entrant corners; Antiplane loading; Linear Elasticity; Electromagnetic fields; 74B05; 78A25
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Research Area: Computer Science and Applications
Depositing User: Prof Marco Paggi
Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2013 11:06
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2014 09:20
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/1987

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