Stresses in a Thick Plate Containing an Oblate Spheroidal Inclusion Under Eigenstrain with an Uniform Gradient

Abstract

The paper presents an asymmetric solution for the stresses and displaements in an elastic thick plate containing an oblate spheroidal inclusion under shear eigenstrain with an uniform gragient. For related eigenstrain problems, Jasiuk et al. solved the axisymmetric problem of the half-space with a spheroidal inhomogeneity under uniform normal eigenstrain and Tsuchida et al. treated the asymmetric problem under uniform shear eigenstrain. The stress distributions around inclusion are shown graphically.