An edge dislocation in a semi-infinite elastic wedge

• Main Authors: Karuppanan , S, Hills, D
• Format: Article
• Published: Professional Engineering Publishing 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2044/

The state of stress is deduced for an edge dislocation present in a semi-infinite wedge. Particular attention is paid to the case when both the dislocation and the observation point lie on a projection line from one of the free surfaces, permitting the solution to be used as a strain nucleus when so...