The method of subregions in coupled thermoelasticity

There are at present only a few exact solutions of rather simple problems in coupled thermoelasticity. For many problems important from a practical point of view no exact solutions are known. The present paper deals with a convenient method of approximate solutions of these problems. As guideline in the use of this method for the solutions of quasistatic, thermoelastic-coupled problems a numerical example is presented, where the effect of coupling is demonstrated.