Variational Formulation and Upper Bounds for Degenerate Scales in Plane Elasticity

Abstract : Degenerate scales appear when certain plane boundary value problems solved using Boundary Integral Equations do not have a unique solution. The main contribution of this paper is to prove four inequalities that constrain the degenerate scales for plane elasticity. These results are based on a new variational formulation. It is shown that the degenerate scales depend only on Poisson’s ratio. The bounds on the degenerate scales for plane elasticity in a given boundary are obtained mainly from the degenerate scales obtained from the Laplace equation for the same boundary, which are well documented.