A quasi-static model of a thermoelastic body reinforced by a thin thermoelastic inclusion

The problem of description of quasi-static behavior is studied for a planar thermoelastic body incorporating an inhomogeneity, which geometrically is a strip with a small cross-section. This problem contains a small positive parameter δ describing the thickness of the inhomogeneity, i.e., the size o...

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Published in:Mathematics and mechanics of solids 2024-04, Vol.29 (4), p.796-817
Main Authors: Fankina, Irina V, Furtsev, Alexey I, Rudoy, Evgeny M, Sazhenkov, Sergey A
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Language:English
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Summary:The problem of description of quasi-static behavior is studied for a planar thermoelastic body incorporating an inhomogeneity, which geometrically is a strip with a small cross-section. This problem contains a small positive parameter δ describing the thickness of the inhomogeneity, i.e., the size of the cross-section. Relying on the variational formulation of the problem, we investigate the behavior of solutions as δ tends to zero. As the result, by the version of the method of formal asymptotic expansions, we derive a closed limit model in which the inhomogeneity is thin (of zero width). After this, using the Galerkin method and the classical techniques of derivation of energy estimates, we prove existence, uniqueness, and stability of a weak solution to this model.
ISSN:1081-2865
1741-3028
DOI:10.1177/10812865231217043