Two-dimensional stress singularities in wedges have already drawn attention since a long time. An inverse square-root stress singularity (in a 360 ° wedge) plays an important role in fracture mechanics.Recently some similar three-dimensional singularities in conical regions have been investigated, from which one may be also important in fracture mechanics.Spherical coordinates are r, 0, 4~-The conical region occupied by the elastic homogeneous body (and possible anisotropic) has its vertex at r = 0. The mantle of the cone is described by an arbitrary function f(O, qS) = 0. The displacement components be ue. For special values of X (eigenvalues) there exist states of displacements (eigenstates)
u~ = r%(X, o, 4)),which may satisfy rather arbitrary homogeneous boundary conditions along the generators.The paper brings a theorem which expresses that if A is an eigenvalue, then also -1-A is an eigenvalue. Though the theorem is related to a known theorem in Potential Theory (Kelvin's theorem), the proof has to be given along quite another line.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNGZwei-dimensionale Spannungssingularitiiten in keilf6rmigen Gebieten sind schon liingere Zeit untersucht worden und neuerdings auch iihnliche drei-dimensionale Singularitiiten in konischen Gebieten.Kugelkoordinaten sind r, 0, 4~. Das konische Gebiet hat seine Spitze in r = 0. Der Mantel des Kegels