Reply to Trinkle: The elastic field of an edge dislocation
John P. Hirth, Jian Wang · 2026
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John Hirth and Jian Wang defend their model of the elastic field around an edge dislocation against a published critique, in this 2026 reply letter. Edge dislocations are line defects in crystals, and the stress field around them anchors much of materials theory. The critique had challenged their combined Volterra defect analysis and its equations.
The reply argues the critical equations simply do not apply to their formulation, since the field is partitioned nonlinearly into quadrants. Their stress expressions, they show, satisfy the equilibrium equations, while the critic's do not. They also dispute that linear-elastic limits govern their nonlinear result. The exchange is a close technical argument over foundational defect theory.
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| CREATOR | John P. Hirth, Jian Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |