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Abstract
The classical theory of fracture mechanics states that a crack propagating in an unbounded body should smoothly accelerate until it reaches the Rayleigh wave speed. We introduce here a general approach for solving the equation of motion of the crack tip. We show that the loading conditions and the geometry of the configuration do not produce inertial effects. The equation of motion of a propagating crack is always a first-order differential equation.