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In this paper, numerical solutions of the singular integral equations of the body force method in the crack problems are discussed. The stress fields induced by ‘two kinds of displacement discontinuity’ are used as fundamental solutions. Then, the problem is formulated as a hypersingular integral equation with the singularity of the form r 2. In the numerical calculation, two kinds of unknown functions are approximated by the products of the fundamental density function and the Chebyshev polynomials. As examples, the stress intensity factors of the oblique edge crack, kinked crack, branched crack and zig-zag crack are analyzed. The calculation shows that the present method gives accurate results even for the extremely oblique edge crack and kinked crack with extremely short bend which has been difficult to analyze by the previous method using the approximation by the products of the fundamental density function and the stepped functions etc.
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Noda, NA., Oda, K. Numerical solutions of the singular integral equations in the crack analysis using the body force method. Int J Fract 58, 285–304 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048950
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