Defects and Metric Anomalies in F\"oppl-von K\'arm\'an Surfaces

TL;DR

This paper develops a comprehensive theoretical framework to analyze how defects and metric anomalies influence the deformation and stress responses in Föppl-von Kármán shallow shells, incorporating defect densities and solving boundary value problems.

Contribution

It introduces a unified approach to model defect-induced incompatibilities in Föppl-von Kármán shells, including dislocations, disclinations, and growth strains, with numerical solutions for boundary problems.

Findings

Derived strain incompatibility relations with defect sources.

Formulated inhomogeneous Föppl-von Kármán equations for shells.

Numerically solved boundary value problems with defect configurations.

Abstract

A general framework is developed to study the deformation and stress response in F{\"o}ppl-von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n shallow shells for a given distribution of defects, such as dislocations, disclinations, and interstitials, and metric anomalies, such as thermal and growth strains. The theory includes dislocations and disclinations whose defect lines can both pierce the two-dimensional surface and lie within the surface. An essential aspect of the theory is the derivation of strain incompatibility relations for stretching and bending strains with incompatibility sources in terms of various defect and metric anomaly densities. The incompatibility relations are combined with balance laws and constitutive assumptions to obtain the inhomogeneous F{\"o}ppl-von K{\'a}rm{\'a}n equations for shallow shells. Several boundary value problems are posed, and solved numerically, by first considering only dislocations and then disclinations coupled with growth strains.