Stress field of glide dislocation loopsensemble

Expressions for all the components of the elastic stress field of a dislocation glide loop are obtained in the continual isotropic approximation, in a form suitable for computer calculation. The stress fields of a chain of dislocation glide loops are calculated. Analysis shows that the field is significantly inhomogeneous and that, in order to obtain complete information on the field structure of an infinite chain it suffices to consider the field of five loops.