Transient Thermoelastic Problem for an Infinite Medium With a Spherical Cavity Exhibiting Temperature-Dependent Properties

This paper is concerned with a polarly symmetric transient thermoelastic problem for an infinite medium with a spherical cavity, the boundary of the cavity being subjected to a sudden temperature rise. Thermal and elastic properties of the medium are assumed to be temperature dependent. Using the perturbation method general equations for the displacements and stresses corresponding to particular boundary-value problems have been found. An illustrative example, involving linear variation of conductivity and thermal expansion as well as quadratic variation of shear modulus with temperature, has been discussed in detail.