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Stress intensity factor for the interaction between a straight crack and a curved crack in plane elasticity

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Formulation in terms of hypersingular integral equations for the interaction between straight and curved cracks in plane elasticity is obtained using the complex variable functions method. The curved length coordinate method and a suitable numerical scheme are used to solve such integrals numerically for the unknown function, which are later used to find the stress intensity factor, SIF.

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  1. Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. R. Aridi, N. M. A. Nik Long & Z. K. Eshkuvatov

  2. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    N. M. A. Nik Long & Z. K. Eshkuvatov

  3. College of Foundation and General Studies, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. R. Aridi

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The second author would like to thank Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia for the Science Fund, Vot No. 5450657.

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Aridi, M.R., Nik Long, N.M.A. & Eshkuvatov, Z.K. Stress intensity factor for the interaction between a straight crack and a curved crack in plane elasticity. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 29, 407–415 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-9166(16)30243-9

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