A generalized Cauchy problem for the linear differential equations of coupled physical-mechanical fields (Q1102437)

A generalised Cauchy problem for a partial differential equation with constant coefficients, which is encountered in the study of physical processes in continuous media with widened physical-mathematical fields is considered. The characteristic properties of the solution of the problem, under certain constraints imposed on an equation by the stability condition, are studied. The presence of waves of higher and lower order is characteristic for the solution; in the course of time the lower-order waves are maintained and take a characteristic form. In the general case, the solution is represented in the form of integrals over the segments which link the singular points of Fourier-Laplace transforms with respect to time of the solution under consideration. The methods proposed enable an exact investigation to be made of the processes described by the equation for any time constants, and they also enable one to isolate the singularities at the fronts of propagating perturbations. As an application, the dynamic processes taking place in a thermoelastic subspace as a result of applying a mechanical and a thermal input at the boundary is studied. It is shown that in the case of unit perturbation of the boundary, the stress and temperature waves in the course of time assume a bell-shaped form and propagate with adiabatic velocity. A numerical analysis of the process which occurs due to sudden application of the force and of the thermal shock at the boundary is given.