On singular behaviour in a plane linear elastostatics problem

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Gimperlein, Heiko and Grinfeld, Michael and Knops, Robin J and Slemrod, Marshall (2025) On singular behaviour in a plane linear elastostatics problem. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. ISSN 1081-2865 (https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865241305565)

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Abstract

A vector field similar to those separately introduced by Artstein and Dafermos is constructed from the tangent to a monotone increasing one-parameter family of non-concentric circles that touch at the common point of intersection taken as the origin. The circles define and space-fill a lens-shaped region [Formula: see text] whose outer and inner boundaries are the greatest and least circles. The double cusp at the origin creates a geometric singularity at which the vector field is indeterminate and has non-unique limiting behaviour. A semi-inverse method that involves the Airy stress function then shows that the vector field corresponds to the displacement vector field for a linear plane compressible nonhomogeneous isotropic elastostatic equilibrium problem in [Formula: see text] whose boundaries are rigidly rotated relative to each other, possibly causing rupture or tearing at the origin. A sequence of solutions is found for which not only are the Lamé parameters strongly elliptic, but the non-unique limiting behaviour of the displacement is preserved. Other properties of the vector field are also established.

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Gimperlein, Heiko, Grinfeld, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-8819, Knops, Robin J and Slemrod, Marshall;
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