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On an analytical-numerical procedure for the analysis of cylindrical shells with arbitrarily oriented cracks

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An analytical-numerical procedure for obtaining stress intensity factor solutions for an arbitrarily oriented crack in a long, thin circular cylindrical shell is presented. The method of analysis involves obtaining a series solution to the governing shell equation in terms of Mathieu and modified Mathieu functions by the method of separation of variables and satisfying the crack surface boundary conditions numerically using collocation. The solution is then transformed from elliptic coordinates to polar coordinates with crack tip as the origin through a Taylor series expansion and membrane and bending stress intensity factors are computed. Numerical results are presented and discussed for the pressure loading case.

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  1. Structures Division, National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India

    H. V. Lakshminarayana & M. V. V. Murthy

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    L. S. Srinath

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Lakshminarayana, H.V., Murthy, M.V.V. & Srinath, L.S. On an analytical-numerical procedure for the analysis of cylindrical shells with arbitrarily oriented cracks. Int J Fract 19, 257–275 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012483

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