Asymmetric problem of a row of revolutional ellipsoidal cavities using singular integral equations

This paper deals with numerical solution of singular integral equations of the body force method in an interaction problem of revolutional ellipsoidal cavities under asymmetric uniaxial tension. The problem is solved on the superposition of two auxiliary loads; (i) biaxial tension and (ii) plane state of pure shear. These problems are formulated as a system of singular integral equations with Cauchy-type singularities, where the unknowns are densities of body forces distributed in the r, θ, z directions. In order to satisfy the boundary conditions along the ellipsoidal boundaries, eight kinds of fundamental density functions proposed in our previous papers are applied. In the analysis, the number, shape, and spacing of cavities are varied systematically; then the magnitude and position of the maximum stress are examined. For any fixed shape and size of cavities, the maximum stress is shown to be linear with the reciprocal of squared number of cavities. The present method is found to yield rapidly converging numerical results for various geometrical conditions of cavities.