Thermo-elastic interaction without energy dissipation in an infinite solid with distributed periodically varying heat sources

The paper deals with the thermo-elastic interactions due to distributed periodically varying heat sources in a homogeneous, isotropic, unbounded elastic medium in the context of the theory of thermo-elasticity without energy dissipation. Closed form solutions for displacement, temperature, stress and strain are derived by using Laplace transform on time and then Fourier transform on space. It reveals that the interactions consist of two coupled modified dilatational and thermal waves modified by finite thermal wave speed and thermo-elastic coupling traveling with finite speeds and without attenuation. The results are compared with previous results derived by using other generalized thermo-elasticity theories. Numerical results for a hypothetical material are presented. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.