Asymptotic form of small density differences in the problem of coherent phase transformations (Q1087039)

Equations describing (in the lower approximation) the equilibrium configurations under heterogeneous, coherent phase transformations in an elastic, one-component medium, are derived for the asymptotic case of small density differences. Both phases are assumed to be isotropic by virtue of the multiplicity and certain computational simplifications. It is shown that, to a first approximation, the equilibrium temperature of the nonhydrostatic, two-phase configuration is identical with the temperature of phase equilibrium of the hydrostatically stressed phases in some reference configuration. In a higher approximation the system of equations of equilibrium obtained is identical to the equations of the classical linear theory of elasticity, although, on the whole, the problem remains essentially nonlinear, since it contains an unknown boundary and certain boundary conditions on it, quadratic with respect to the displacement. The conditions obtained are further used to find the solutions of certain boundary value problems.