Trajetórias num espaço com uma deslocação esfericamente simétrica

Abstract

We study a dislocation defect with spherical symmetry. We find the metric for a medium containing a single deformation of this kind. For this, we calculate the displacement vector through the linear theory of elasticity and using the scheme of geometric theory of defects, in which the medium is characterized by geometric objects such as curvature and torsion, we find the components of the metric tensor. We calculate also other geometrical quantities as the Riemann and Ricci tensor, and the scalar curvature as well as the energy-momentum tensor. In these quantities, δ-functions show up, indicating divergence in the surface where the defect is located. Outside this surface, the medium has an Euclidean geometry. We solve the geodesic equations for the outer region to the defect and we observed, despite being located, its influence on the movement in this region.