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Variation of stress intensity factor and crack opening displacement of semi-elliptical surface crack

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In this paper a singular integral equation method is applied to calculate the stress intensity factor along crack front of a 3D surface crack. Stress field induced by body force doublet in a semi infinite body is used as a fundamental solution. Then the problem is formulated as an integral equation with a singularity of the form of r -3. In solving the integral equations, the unknown functions of body force densities are approximated by the product of a polynomial and a fundamental density function; that is, the exact density distribution to make an elliptical crack in an infinite body. The calculation shows that the present method gives the smooth variation of stress intensity factors along the crack front and crack opening displacement along the crack surface for various aspect ratios and Poisson's ratio. The present method gives rapidly converging numerical results and highly satisfactory boundary conditions throughout the crack boundary.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 804, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Nao-Aki Noda & Sinsuke Miyoshi

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Noda, NA., Miyoshi, S. Variation of stress intensity factor and crack opening displacement of semi-elliptical surface crack. Int J Fract 75, 19–48 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018524

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