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Derivatives of a volume integral with singular kernel

Submitted by TO Quy Dong on

Hi everybody, 

In fact, I encounter this problem in my research and I would be grateful if someone can help. In micro mechanics, there are many problems concerning Green functions, e.g: the displacement is calculated from the distributed force in the domain, etc. Consider the following integral to determine the displacement field.

Professor Liviu Librescu nominated for Presidential Medal of Freedom

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The governor of Virginia has asked President Bush to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to  Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor who died trying to save his students during the mass killings at Virginia Tech.  Read more.