Stress Intensity Factors for a Ring-Shaped Crack in a Transversely Isotropic Thick Layer

Abstract

The problem of a ring-shaped crack in an infinitely long thick layer was considered in this study. The problem was formulated for a transversely isotropic material by using integral transform technique under uniform load. Due to the geometry of the configuration, Hankel integral transform technique was chosen and the problem was reduced to a singular integral equation. This integral equation was solved numerically by using Gaussian Quadrature Formulae and the values were evaluated for discrete points. Stress intensity factors were obtained by using these values. They were tabulated for various ring−haped crack sizes and transversely isotropic materials.