The Cosserat Spectrum theory for two-dimensional thermoelastic problems

The Cosserat Spectrum theory is briefly summarized and applied to two-dimen sional thermoelasticity. The discrete Cosserat eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the first boundary value problem for a solid cylinder and a cylindrical rigid inclusion in an infinite space are derived. The problem of uniform h eat flow past a cylindrical cavity is reviewed within the frame of the Coss erat Spectrum theory. The displacement fields caused by an arbitrary harmon ic temperature field and a nonharmonic heat source around a cylindrical rig id inclusion are solved by the Cosserat Spectrum theory.