Functions for thermal stress calculation near a transient heat source on a flat surface

Whe n an initiall y unstressed elastic so lid at uniform te mperature is subject to a transient, locally two-dime nsional heat flux on a flat surface, the two-dime nsional total stress field near the wall is locally dete rmin ed for short times and may be constructed from the functions described in this report; Fortran programs are available for their computation. In particular, maximum total stress and total stress fi e ld s for initiaIJy large heat fluxes are readily obtained for es timations of yield probability.