Displacements and Stress Functions of Straight Dislocations and Line Forces in Anisotropic Elasticity: A New Derivation and Its Relation to the Integral Formalism

Abstract

The displacement and stress function fields of straight dislocations and lines forces are derived based on three-dimensional anisotropic incompatible elasticity. Using the two-dimensional anisotropic Green tensor of generalized plane strain, a Burgers-like formula for straight dislocations and body forces is derived and its relation to the solution of the displacement and stress function fields in the integral formalism is given. Moreover, the stress functions of a point force are calculated and the relation to the potential of a Dirac string is pointed out.

Keywords

• anisotropic elasticity
• dislocations
• body forces
• Green tensor
• Burgers formula