A boundary integral equation method for a class of crack problems in anisotropic elasticity

Abstract

A boundary integral procedure for the solution of an important class of crack problems in anisotropic elasticity is outlined. A specific numerical example is considered in order to assess the effectiveness of the procedure.

Keywords:

• Numerical computation
• anisotropic elasticity
• differential equations
• elliptic systems
• stress singularity
• crack problems
• Greens functions

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