A PHRAGMEN-LINDELOF THEOREM FOR POROUS ELASTIC CYLINDERS

The paper is concerned with the equilibrium theory of elastic material s with voids. An analogue of the Phragmen-Lindelof principle Sor a sem i-infinite right cylinder composed of a homogeneous and anisotropic ma terial is presented. The paper studies the asymptotic behaviour of sol utions measured by the cross-sectional work function. The work-functio n to within a rigid body displacement either decays faster than a cert ain decreasing exponential function or grows faster than a growing exp onential function. A uniqueness result is also derived.