Thermomechanical Interactions in a Generalized Thermo-Microstretch Elastic Half Space

Interactions caused by thermal and mechanical sources in a generalized thermo-microstretch elastic medium are studied by the use of Laplace-Fourier transform techniques. The formulation is applied to the coupled theory as well as to two generalizations, the Lord-Shulman and the Green-Lindsay theories. The integral transforms are inverted using a numerical technique to obtain the solutions field in the physical domain. Stretch effects lead to the existence of a new wave that is called longitudinal microstretch wave. The results of micropolar generalized thermoelasticity and generalized thermoelasticity are deduced as special cases from the present formulation.