Three-dimensional analysis of a spheroidal inclusion in a two-dimensional quasicrystal body

Abstract

This paper deals with the three-dimensional problem of a spheroidal quasicrystalline inclusion, which is embedded in an infinite matrix consisting of a two-dimensional quasicrystal subject to uniform loadings at infinity. Based on the general solution of quasicrystals in cylindrical coordinates, a series of displacement functions is adopted to obtain the explicit real-form results for the coupled fields both inside the inclusion and matrix, when three different types of loadings are studied: axisymmetric, in-plane shear and out-of-plane shear. Furthermore, the present results are reduced to the limiting cases involving inhomogeneities including rigid inclusions, cavities and penny-shaped cracks.