LOCAL MODEL OF THE THERMOELASTIC STATE OF A POROUS MATERIAL

Abstract

In the paper, a local stationary model of the thermoelastic state of a porous material is constructed. The model is based on uncoupled boundary value problems for stationary equations of heat conduction and thermoelasticity for a space with two spherical cavities. The temperature field is determined by the constant temperature on the surfaces of the cavities, which are considered free of forces. The problem was solved by the generalized Fourier method (GFM), for which the paper presents its further development for a certain class of thermoelasticity problems. For this purpose, systems of equally directed spherical coordinates were introduced, the origins of which are connected with the centers of the cavities. In the work, a new set of axisymmetric basic solutions of the Lamé equation for a sphere is constructed and addition theorems are proved for it and for solutions of the vector biharmonic equation in the given coordinate systems. The GFM formalism made it possible to reduce the boundary value problems to algebraic solvable systems with Fredholm operators in the space l2 under the condition that the spherical surfaces do not intersect. The reduction method was used for the numerical solution of the systems. Graphs of stresses on the surface of one of the cavities and stresses on the axis of symmetry of the problem between the cavities at different relative sizes of the cavities and at different temperatures of their heating were obtained. The obtained results agree with those known for one cavity. The convergence of the reduction method is verified numerically.