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The problem of functionally graded orthotropic half-plane with climb and glide edge dislocations is solved. Dislocations are used as the building blocks of defects to model cracks of modes I and II. Following a dislocation-based approach, the problem is reduced to a system of singular integral equations for dislocation density functions on the surfaces of smooth cracks. These integral equations enforce the crack-face boundary conditions and are solved numerically for the dislocation density. The numerical results include the stress intensity factors for several different cases of crack configurations and arrangements.
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Monfared, M.M., Ayatollahi, M. & Mousavi, S.M. The mixed-mode analysis of a functionally graded orthotropic half-plane weakened by multiple curved cracks. Arch Appl Mech 86, 713–728 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-015-1057-9
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