Dynamic stress intensity factors around two rectangular cracks in an infinite elastic plate under impact load

Abstract

A dynamic problem for two equal rectangular cracks in an infinite elastic plate is considered. The two cracks are placed perpendicular to the plane surfaces of the plate. An incoming shock tensile stress is returned by the cracks. In the Laplace transform domain, the boundary conditions at the two sides of the plate are satisfied using the Fourier transform technique. The mixed boundary conditions are reduced to dual integral equations. Crack displacement is expanded in a series of functions which are zero outside of the cracks. The unknown coefficients in the series are determined by the Schmidt method. The stress intensity factors are defined in the Laplace transform domain and these are inverted using a numerical method.