Diffraction by a half-plane perpendicular to the distinguished axis of a general gyrotropic medium

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Przeździecki ◽  
R. A. Hurd

An exact, closed-form solution is found for the following half-plane diffraction problem: (I) The medium surrounding the half-plane is both electrically and magnetically gyrotropic. (II) The scattering half-plane is perfectly conducting and oriented perpendicular to the distinguished axis of the medium. (III) The incident electromagnetic plane wave propagates in a direction normal to the edge of the half-plane.The formulation of the problem leads to a coupled pair of Wiener–Hopf equations. These had previously been thought insoluble by quadratures, but yield to a newly discovered technique : the Wiener–Hopf–Hilbert method. A basic feature of the problem is its two-mode character i.e. plane waves of both modes are necessary for the spectral representation of the solution. The coupling of these modes is purely due to edge diffraction, there being no reflection coupling. The solution obtained is simple in that the Fourier transforms of the field components are just algebraic functions. Properties of the solution are investigated in some special cases.

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Przeździecki ◽  
R. A. Hurd

An exact, closed form solution is found for the following half plane diffraction problem. (I) The medium surrounding the half plane is gyrotropic. (II) The scattering half plane is perfectly conducting and oriented perpendicular to the distinguished axis of the medium. (III) The direction of propagation of the incident electromagnetic plane wave is arbitrary (skew) with respect to the edge of the half plane. The result presented is a generalization of a solution for the same problem with incidence normal to the edge of the half plane (two-dimensional case).The fundamental, distinctive feature of the problem is that it constitutes a boundary value problem for a system of two coupled second order partial differential equations. All previously solved electromagnetic diffraction problems reduced to boundary value problems for either one or two uncoupled second order equations. (Exception: the two-dimensional case of the present problem.) The problem is formulated in terms of the (generalized) scalar Hertz potentials and leads to a set of two coupled Wiener–Hopf equations. This set, previously thought insoluble by quadratures, yields to the Wiener–Hopf–Hilbert method.The three-dimensional solution is synthesized from appropriate solutions to two-dimensional problems. Peculiar waves of ghost potentials, which correspond to zero electromagnetic fields play an essential role in this synthesis. The problem is two-moded: that is, superpositions of both ordinary and extraordinary waves are necessary for the spectral representation of the solution. An important simplifying feature of the problem is that the coupling of the modes is purely due to edge diffraction, there being no reflection coupling. The solution is simple in that the Fourier transforms of the potentials are just algebraic functions. Basic properties of the solution are briefly discussed.


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1879-1885 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Hurd ◽  
E. Lüneburg

We consider the diffraction of a scalar plane wave by two parallel half-planes. On one half-plane the total field vanishes whilst on the other its normal derivative is zero. This is a new canonical diffraction problem and we give an exact closed-form solution to it. The problem has applications to the design of acoustic barriers.


2016 ◽  
Vol 681 ◽  
pp. 155-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Guler ◽  
M. Ozturk ◽  
A. Kucuksucu

In this study, the contact problem for a graded elastic half-plane in frictional contact with a rigid stamp is considered. The plane contact problem is assumed to be linear elastic and the Poisson's ratio is assumed to be constant. Analytical formulation of the study includes Fourier transforms of the governing equations and boundary conditions. The resulting integral equation is solved numerically. Contact pressure, in-plane stress and the stress intensity factor at the sharp edges of the contact are evaluated and demonstrated for various stamp profiles. The results are compared with a closed form solution for homogeneous isotropic half-plane indented by rigid stamps. The effects of the nonhomogeneity parameter, coefficient of friction and stamp profiles on the contact and in-plane stresses are analyzed in detail.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Zeeshan ◽  
Nouman Ijaz ◽  
Tehseen Abbas ◽  
Rahmat Ellahi

This study deals with the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian Jeffrey fluid with uniformly distributed identical rigid particles in a rectangular duct. The effects of a magnetohydrodynamics bio-bi-phase flow are taken into account. The governing equations for mass and momentum are simplified using the fact that wavelength is much greater than the amplitude and small Reynolds number. A closed-form solution for velocity is obtained by means of the eigenfunction expansion method whereby pressure rise is numerically calculated. The results are graphically presented to observe the effects of different physical parameters and the suitability of the method. The results for hydrodynamic, Newtonian fluid, and single-phase problems can be respectively obtained by taking the Hartmann number (M = 0), relaxation time (λ1=0), and volume fraction (C = 0) as special cases of this problem.


1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Walton

In a previous paper, the title problem was solved for a homogeneous power-law linearly viscoelastic half-plane. Such material has a constant Poisson’s ratio and a shear modulus with a power-law dependence on time. In this paper, the shear modulus is assumed also to have a power-law dependence on depth from the half-plane boundary. As in the earlier paper, only a quasi-static analysis is presented, that is, the enertial terms in the equations of motion are not retained and the indentor is assumed to slide with constant speed. The resulting boundary value problem is reduced to a generalized Abel integral equation. A simple closed-form solution is obtained from which all relevant physical parameters are easily computed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
pp. 203-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysegul Kucuksucu ◽  
Mehmet A. Guler ◽  
Ahmet Avci

In this paper, the frictional contact problem of a homogeneous orthotropic material in contact with a wedge-shaped punch is considered. Materials can behave anisotropically depending on the nature of the processing techniques; hence it is necessary to develop an efficient method to solve the contact problems for orthotropic materials. The aim of this work is to develop a solution method for the contact mechanics problems arising from a rigid wedge-shaped punch sliding over a homogeneous orthotropic half-plane. In the formulation of the plane contact problem, it is assumed that the principal axes of orthotropy are parallel and perpendicular to the contact. Four independent engineering constants , , , are replaced by a stiffness parameter, , a stiffness ratio, a shear parameter, , and an effective Poisson’s ratio, . The corresponding mixed boundary problem is reduced to a singular integral equation using Fourier transform and solved analytically. In the parametric analysis, the effects of the material orthotropy parameters and the coefficient of friction on the contact stress distributions are investigated.


Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Jin ◽  
Zhanjiang Wang ◽  
Qinghua Zhou ◽  
Leon M. Keer ◽  
Qian Wang

The present work proposes an efficient and general-purpose numerical approach for handling two-dimensional inhomogeneities in an elastic half plane. The inhomogeneities can be of any shape, at any location, with arbitrary material properties (which can also be non-homogeneous). To perform the numerical analysis, we first derive an explicit closed-form solution for a rectangular inclusion with uniform eigenstrain components, where the inclusion is aligned with the surface of the half plane. In view of the equivalent inclusion method, an inhomogeneity problem can be converted to a corresponding inclusion problem. In order to determine the distribution of the equivalent eigenstrain, the computational domain is meshed into rectangular elements whose resultant contributions can be efficiently computed using an efficient algorithm based on fast Fourier transform (FFT). In principle, there is no specific limitation on the type of the external load, although our major concern is the contact analysis. Parametric studies are performed and typical results highlighting the deviation of the current solution from the classical Hertzian line contact theory are presented.


2001 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 915-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Verruijt ◽  
C. Cornejo Co´rdova

A closed-form solution is presented for the problem of a moving point load on an elastic half-plane with hysteretic damping. The problem has been studied in order to investigate the dynamic amplification of stresses and displacements if the velocity of the load approaches the Rayleigh wave velocity or the shear wave velocity in the elastic medium. This is relevant for the construction of high speed railway lines on relatively soft soils. Hysteretic damping is introduced as pseudo-viscous damping, assuming that the damping in a full cycle of loading and unloading is independent of the frequency.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Pham Van Vinh ◽  
Le Quang Huy

This paper studies the influence of the variable nonlocal parameter and porosity on the free vibration behavior of the functionally graded nanoplates with porosity. Four patterns of distribution of the porosity through the thickness direction are considered. The classical nonlocal elasticity theory is modified to take into account the variation of the nonlocal parameter through the thickness of the nanoplates. The governing equations of motion are established using simple first-order shear deformation theory and Hamilton’s principle. The closed-form solution based on Navier’s technique is employed to solve the governing equations of motion of fully simply supported nanoplates. The accuracy of the present algorithm is proved via some comparison studies in some special cases. Then, the effects of the porosity, the variation of the nonlocal parameter, the power-law index, aspect ratio, and the side-to-thickness ratio on the free vibration of nanoscale porous plates are investigated carefully. The numerical results show that the porosity and nonlocal parameter have strong effects on the free vibration behavior of the nanoplates.


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