Symmetrical representation of stresses in the Stroh formalism and its application to a dislocation and a dislocation dipole in an anisotropic elastic medium (Q1373190)

Symmetrical stress representation in the Stroh formalism for anisotropic elastic bodies is introduced, and the range of its applicability is analysed. By making use of this stress representation, the authors derive new formulae for influence functions giving stresses in an infinite anisotropic medium subjected to a straigth dislocation and a straight dislocation dipole.