RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Vol. 13, 7433–7447, 2016
Interaction Between Mechanical Forces and Waves
Propagation in Magneto-Thermo-Elastic for
Fiber-Reinforced Wafer
Kh. Lotfy
1 3 ∗
and W. Hassan
2 3
1
Mathamatical Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
2
Mathamatical and Physics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Egypt
3
Mathamatical Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Al-Mithnab, Qassim University 931, Buridah 51931,
Al-Mithnab, Saudi Arabia
The objective of this paper is to investigate the surface waves in fibre-reinforced anisotropic elastic
medium subjected to magnetic and thermal fields. We introduce the coupled theory (CD), Lord-
Shulman (LS) theory and Green-Lindsay (GL) theory to study the influence of magnetic field on
2D problem of a fibre-reinforced thermoelastic. The analytical expressions for displacement com-
ponents and force stress are obtained in the physical domain by using the harmonic vibrations.
The wave velocity equations have been obtained in different cases. Numerical results for the tem-
perature, displacement, and thermal stress components are given and illustrated graphically in the
presence and absence of the magnetic field of the material medium. A comparison also is made
between the three theories in the presence and absence of fiber-reinforced.
Keywords: Lord-Shulman, Green-Lindsay, Fibre-Reinforced, Surface Waves, Thermoelastic,
Magnetic Field.
1. INTRODUCTION
In the postwar years, we have seen a rapid development
of themoelasticity stimulated by various engineering sci-
ences. Most of investigations were done under the assump-
tion of the temperature-independent material properties,
which limited the applicability of the solutions obtained
to certain ranges of temperature. At high temperature, the
material characteristics, such as the modulus of elasticity,
the Poisson’s ratio, and the coefficient of thermal conduc-
tivity, are no longer constants. In recent years, due to the
progress in various fields of science and technology, tak-
ing into consideration the real behaviour of the material
characteristics becomes an actual necessity. In some inves-
tigations, they have been taken as functions of coordinates.
A reinforced concrete member should be designed for
all conditions of stresses that may occur and in accordance
with principles of mechanics. The characteristic property
of a reinforced concrete member is that its components,
namely concrete and steel, act together as a single unit
as long as they remain in the elastic condition i.e., the
two components are bounded together so that there can be
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no relative displacement between them. In the case of an
elastic solid reinforced by a series of parallel fibers, it is
usual to assume trans-verse isotropy. In the linear case,
the associated constitutive relations, relating infinitesimal
stress and strain components have five material constants.
In the last three decades, the analysis of stress and defor-
mation of fiber-reinforced composite materials has been
an important research area of solid mechanics. The wave’s
propagation in a reinforced media plays a very interest-
ing role in civil engineering and geophysics. The studies
of propagation, reflection and transmission of waves are
of great interest to seismologists. Such studies help them
to obtain knowledge about the rock structures as well as
their elastic properties and at the same time information
regarding minerals and fluids present in side the earth.
The idea of introducing a continuous self reinforcement at
every point of an elastic solid was given by Belfied et al.
1
The model was later applied to the rotation of a tube by
Verma and Rana.
2
Verma
3
has also discussed the magneto
elastic shear waves in self-reinforced bodies. Sengupta and
Nath
4
discussed the problem of the surface waves in fibre-
reinforced anisotropic elastic media. Singh
5
showed that,
for wave propagation in fibre-reinforced anisotropic media,
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