Abstract
The boundary integral equation (BIE) method of numerical stress analysis is shown to be a powerful technique for solving axisymmetric fracture mechanics problems of the types encountered in practice in pipes, tubes and pressure vessels. Comparisons with established analytical and finite element solutions for problems involving circumferential and penny-shaped cracks in round bars, spheres and hollow cylinders show that accurate values of stress intensity factors at the tips of cracks can be obtained by this method. The main advantage of the technique over the finite element method is the much reduced amount of labour required to prepare the mesh data, since in the BIE approach only the boundary of an axisymmetric component needs to be discretised into simple and relatively coarse line elements.
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