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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2002
An analytical method is proposed to calculate the free surface deformationinduced by an inclusion embedded in a thin slab. The displacement of thefree surface has been determined with the help of the 2D Fourier transformation,as well as the momenta of the displacements when they exist. Comparing thedeformations induced by the same inclusion in a semi-infinite medium and ina slab, it has been demonstrated that the deformations in the slab are muchmore localized than in a semi-infinite solid. A simple example is finallygiven concerning a latent track induced by swift heavy ion going through asolid.