Michell solution

The Michell solution is a general solution to the elasticity equations in polar coordinates ( r, \theta \,). The solution is such that the stress components are in the form of a Fourier series in \theta \, .

Michell[1] showed that the general solution can be expressed in terms of an Airy stress function of the form

\begin{align} \varphi &= A_0~r^2 + B_0~r^2~\ln(r) + C_0~\ln(r) + D_0~\theta \\ & + \left(A_1~r + B_1~r^{-1} + B_1^{'}~r~\theta + C_1~r^3 + D_1~r~\ln(r)\right) \cos\theta \\ & + \left(E_1~r + F_1~r^{-1} + F_1^{'}~r~\theta + G_1~r^3 + H_1~r~\ln(r)\right) \sin\theta \\ & + \sum_{n=2}^{\infty} \left(A_n~r^n + B_n~r^{-n} + C_n~r^{n+2} + D_n~r^{-n+2}\right)\cos(n\theta) \\ & + \sum_{n=2}^{\infty} \left(E_n~r^n + F_n~r^{-n} + G_n~r^{n+2} + H_n~r^{-n+2}\right)\sin(n\theta) \end{align}

The terms A_1~r~\cos\theta\, and E_1~r~\sin\theta\, define a trivial null state of stress and are ignored.

Stress components

The stress components can be obtained by substituting the Michell solution into the equations for stress in terms of the Airy stress function (in cylindrical coordinates). A table of stress components is shown below [from J. R. Barber (2002) [2]].

\varphi \sigma_{rr}\, \sigma_{r\theta}\, \sigma_{\theta\theta}\,
r^2\, 2 0 2
r^2~\ln r 2~\ln r + 1 0 2~\ln r + 3
\ln r\, r^{-2}\, 0 -r^{-2}\,
\theta\, 0 r^{-2}\, 0
r^3~\cos\theta \, 2~r~\cos\theta \, 2~r~\sin\theta \, 6~r~\cos\theta \,
r\theta~\cos\theta \, -2~r^{-1}~\sin\theta \, 0 0
r~\ln r~\cos\theta \, r^{-1}~\cos\theta \, r^{-1}~\sin\theta \, r^{-1}~\cos\theta \,
r^{-1}~\cos\theta \, -2~r^{-3}~\cos\theta \, -2~r^{-3}~\sin\theta \, 2~r^{-3}~\cos\theta \,
r^3~\sin\theta \, 2~r~\sin\theta \, -2~r~\cos\theta \, 6~r~\sin\theta \,
r\theta~\sin\theta \, 2~r^{-1}~\cos\theta \, 0 0
r~\ln r~\sin\theta \, r^{-1}~\sin\theta \, -r^{-1}~\cos\theta \, r^{-1}~\sin\theta \,
r^{-1}~\sin\theta \, -2~r^{-3}~\sin\theta \, 2~r^{-3}~\cos\theta \, 2~r^{-3}~\sin\theta \,
r^{n+2}~\cos(n\theta) \, -(n+1)(n+2)~r^n~\cos(n\theta) \, n(n+1)~r^n~\sin(n\theta) \, (n+1)(n+2)~r^n~\cos(n\theta \,
r^{-n+2}~\cos(n\theta) \, -(n+2)(n-1)~r^{-n}~\cos(n\theta) \, -n(n-1)~r^{-n}~\sin(n\theta)\, (n-1)(n-2)~r^{-n}~\cos(n\theta)
r^n~\cos(n\theta) \, -n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \, n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \, n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \,
r^{-n}~\cos(n\theta) \, -n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \, -n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \, n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \,
r^{n+2}~\sin(n\theta) \, -(n+1)(n+2)~r^n~\sin(n\theta) \, -n(n+1)~r^n~\cos(n\theta) \, (n+1)(n+2)~r^n~\sin(n\theta \,
r^{-n+2}~\sin(n\theta) \, -(n+2)(n-1)~r^{-n}~\sin(n\theta) \, n(n-1)~r^{-n}~\cos(n\theta)\, (n-1)(n-2)~r^{-n}~\sin(n\theta)
r^n~\sin(n\theta) \, -n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \, -n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \, n(n-1)~r^{n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \,
r^{-n}~\sin(n\theta) \, -n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \, n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\cos(n\theta) \, n(n+1)~r^{-n-2}~\sin(n\theta) \,

Displacement components

Displacements can be obtained from the Michell solution by using the stress-strain and strain-displacement relations. A table of displacement components corresponding the the terms in the Airy stress function for the Michell solution is given below. In this table

\kappa = \begin{cases} 3 - 4~\nu & \rm{for~plane~strain} \\ \cfrac{3 - \nu}{1 + \nu} & \rm{for~plane~stress} \\ \end{cases}
\varphi 2~\mu~u_r\, 2~\mu~u_\theta\,
r^2\, (\kappa-1)~r 0
r^2~\ln r (\kappa-1)~r~\ln r - r (\kappa + 1)~r~\theta
\ln r\, -r^{-1}\, 0
\theta\, 0 -r^{-1}\,
r^3~\cos\theta \, (\kappa-2)~r^2~\cos\theta \, (\kappa+2)~r^2~\sin\theta \,
r\theta~\cos\theta \, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa-1) \theta~\cos\theta + \{1 - (\kappa+1) \ln r\} ~\sin\theta]\, -\frac{1}{2}[(\kappa-1) \theta~\sin\theta + \{1 + (\kappa+1) \ln r\} ~\cos\theta]\,
r~\ln r~\cos\theta \, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa+1) \theta~\sin\theta - \{1 - (\kappa-1) \ln r\} ~\cos\theta] \, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa+1) \theta~\cos\theta - \{1 + (\kappa-1) \ln r\} ~\sin\theta] \,
r^{-1}~\cos\theta \, r^{-2}~\cos\theta \, r^{-2}~\sin\theta \,
r^3~\sin\theta \, (\kappa-2)~r^2~\sin\theta \, -(\kappa+2)~r^2~\cos\theta \,
r\theta~\sin\theta \, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa-1) \theta~\sin\theta - \{1 - (\kappa+1) \ln r\} ~\cos\theta]\, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa-1) \theta~\cos\theta - \{1 + (\kappa+1) \ln r\} ~\sin\theta]\,
r~\ln r~\sin\theta \, -\frac{1}{2}[(\kappa+1) \theta~\cos\theta + \{1 - (\kappa-1) \ln r\} ~\sin\theta] \, \frac{1}{2}[(\kappa+1) \theta~\sin\theta + \{1 + (\kappa-1) \ln r\} ~\cos\theta] \,
r^{-1}~\sin\theta \, r^{-2}~\sin\theta \, -r^{-2}~\cos\theta \,
r^{n+2}~\cos(n\theta) \, (\kappa-n-1)~r^{n+1}~\cos(n\theta) \, (\kappa+n+1)~r^{n+1}~\sin(n\theta) \,
r^{-n+2}~\cos(n\theta) \, (\kappa+n-1)~r^{-n+1}~\cos(n\theta) \, -(\kappa-n+1)~r^{-n+1}~\sin(n\theta)\,
r^n~\cos(n\theta) \, -n~r^{n-1}~\cos(n\theta) \, n~r^{n-1}~\sin(n\theta) \,
r^{-n}~\cos(n\theta) \, n~r^{-n-1}~\cos(n\theta) \, n(~r^{-n-1}~\sin(n\theta) \,
r^{n+2}~\sin(n\theta) \, (\kappa-n-1)~r^{n+1}~\sin(n\theta) \, -(\kappa+n+1)~r^{n+1}~\cos(n\theta) \,
r^{-n+2}~\sin(n\theta) \, (\kappa+n-1)~r^{-n+1}~\sin(n\theta) \, (\kappa-n+1)~r^{-n+1}~\cos(n\theta)\,
r^n~\sin(n\theta) \, -n~r^{n-1}~\sin(n\theta) \, -n~r^{n-1}~\cos(n\theta) \,
r^{-n}~\sin(n\theta) \, n~r^{-n-1}~\sin(n\theta) \, -n~r^{-n-1}~\cos(n\theta) \,

Note that you can superpose a rigid body displacement on the Michell solution of the form

\begin{align} u_r &= A~\cos\theta + B~\sin\theta \\ u_\theta &= -A~\sin\theta + B~\cos\theta + C~r\\ \end{align}

to obtain an admissible displacement field.

References

  1. ↑ J. H. Michell, 1899, On the direct determination of stress in an elastic solid, with application to the theory of plates, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, vol. 31, pages 100-124.
  2. ↑ J. R. Barber, 2002, Elasticity: 2nd Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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