The present paper is aimed at an investigation of the temperature, displacement, and stress in a viscoelastic half space of Kelven–Voigt type. The formulation is applied according to three theories of generalized thermoelasticity: Lord–Shulman with one relaxation time, Green–Lindsay with two relaxation times, as well as the coupled theory. The nondimensional governing equations are solved by the finite element method. Numerical results for the temperature distribution, displacement, and thermal stress are represented graphically. Comparisons are made with the results predicted by the CD, L-S, and G-L theories in the presence and absence of the viscoelastic relaxation time.

