The Dynamic Energy-Momentum Tensor and the Logarithmic Singularity of a Generally Accelerating Edge Dislocation

Abstract The near-field logarithmic singularities in the field quantities associated with the acceleration of an arbitrarily moving edge dislocation are calculated based on a conservation law involving the dynamic energy-momentum tensor integrated over a domain enclosed by a multi-scale contour (an annulus of inner radius ϵ02 and outer radius ϵ0). The existence of the logarithmic singularities is obtained solely from the conservation law and the leading 1/r terms in the near fields of the stress and the velocity (which are those of the steady-state motion with velocity the instantaneous velocity in the accelerating motion). From the equations of motion and the symmetry in the second partial derivatives of the displacements for y≠0 we obtain that all six logarithmic terms of the near-field expansions are independent of the angle in the polar coordinates. All logarithmic terms in the near-field expansion of the strains and velocity in an arbitrarily moving edge dislocation (subsonically) are evaluated.