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ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 129-142Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.03.002
Keywords
Semi-infinite crack; Coplanar perturbation; Second order; Stress intensity factor; Fundamental kernel
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- ANR Programme SYSCOMM [ANR-09-SYSC-006]
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There has been considerable interest in recent years in theoretical formulae providing, for various crack configurations, the local variation of the stress intensity factors resulting from some small but otherwise arbitrary coplanar perturbation of the crack front. In this work, we establish the expression of the variation of the mode I stress intensity factor up to second order in the perturbation, in the specific case of a semi-infinite tensile crack embedded in some infinite body. The treatment is basically simple and uses earlier results of Rice [34]. Formulae are given in both the physical space and Fourier's space. They differ from earlier ones established by Adda-Bedia et al. [1] for the same problem, using a more complex method of solution. Finite element computations performed for sinusoidal perturbations support the new formulae, rather than the older ones. As an application, it is finally shown that the mean value of the energy-release-rate along the front of a perturbed semi-infinite tensile crack is exactly the same, up to second order in the perturbation, as if the front were straight. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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