The coupled magnetothermoelastic problem in elastic half-space with two relaxation times (Q1060069)

This paper deals with the magnetothermoelastic disturbances in a perfectly electrically conducting elastic half-space, in contact with a vacuum, due to a thermal shock applied on the plane boundary of the half- space. The theory of thermoelasticity proposed by \textit{A. E. Green} and \textit{K. A. Lindsay} [J. Elasticity 2, 1 ff. (1972)] is used to account for the interaction between the elastic and thermal fields. The solution achieved is in analytical form, which reduces to that of \textit{S. Kaliski} and \textit{W. Nowacki} [Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Sér. Sci. Tech. 10, 25-33 (1962; Zbl 0124.215)] when the coupling between the temperature and strain fields and the relaxation time of Green and Lindsay theory are neglected.