... the elastic fields and energies of a spherical dilatating inclusion in a plate and a half-space, of a prismatic dislocation loop parallel to free surfaces of a plate and a half-space, and the elastic fields of a twist disclination loop coaxial to a cylinder. Contributed by the Applied Mechanics Division...

... Boussinesq solution is still well-defined. A physical explanation for this solution is also offered in terms of the equivalent concept of the Green’s functions due to a point force and an infinitesimal dislocation loop. Finally, a new numerical example for the Green’s functions in an orthotropic half-space...

...G. Xu, Mem. ASME A variational boundary integral method is developed for the analysis of three-dimensional cracks of arbitrary geometry in general anisotropic elastic solids. The crack is modeled as a continuous distribution of dislocation loops. The elastic energy of the solid is obtained from...