Acta mathematica scientia,Series B ›› 1993, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 308-315.

• Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

COPLANAR CRACKS IN A FINITE TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC ELASTIC SLAB UNDER ANTIPLANE SHEARL STRESSES

W. T. Ang   

  1. Engineering Mathematics Section Universiti Sains Malaysia Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh Perak, Malaysia
  • Received:1991-02-06 Online:1993-09-25 Published:1993-09-25

Abstract: An antiplane crack problem concerning a pair of coplanar cracks in a finite transversely isotropic elastic slab is considered. Using Fourier integral transform together with singular integral equation which can be solvel numerically by suing a collocation technique. Once the integral equation is solved, the relevant crack energy and stress intensity factors of the problem are given. The analysis present can be easily extended to include cases where there are two or more pairs of coplanar cracks in the slab.

Trendmd