Abstract
Abstract The distribution of residual stresses due to surface treatments, such as nitriding, induction hardening or shot‐peening, is explained in the introduction. The stress intensity factor distribution along an elliptical plane crack near the surface in such a residual field is presented. Existing methods including the weight function method do not allow one to find this distribution directly. Therefore, a finite element study was undertaken showing the complex character of the stress intensity factor distribution. Additionally, the calculation of the stress intensity factor distribution around the crack front for an external tension or bending load stress is explained. In these cases some simplified semi‐analytical expressions can be found.
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