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The expression for the J-integral at a point on a three-dimensional crack front, obtained from a surface independent integral, is in general a sum of a contour integral and an area integral. In this work a general expression of an area integral for a crack with a curved front is derived in curvilinear coordinates. In certain situations the area integral vanishes and previously known cases are a straight crack front in plane stress or plane strain. The general conditions for a vanishing area integral are studied. It is shown that the area integral is non-zero for cracks with a curved front in the direction of crack extension. Some examples of curved cracks are given, for which the area integral vanishes and that are of interest in practice.
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Eriksson, K. A general expression for an area integral of a point-wise J for a curved crack front. International Journal of Fracture 106, 65–80 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007646823223
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