Abstract

The use of Green's functions has been considered a powerful technique in the solution of fracture mechanics problems by the boundary element method (BEM). Closed-form expressions for Green's function components, however, have only been available for few simple 2-D crack geometry applications and require complex variable theory. The present authors have recently introduced an alternative numerical procedure to compute the Green's function components that produced BEM results for 2-D general geometry multiple crack problems, including static and dynamic applications. This technique is not restricted to 2-D problems and the computational aspects of the 3-D implementation of the numerical Green's function approach are now discussed, including examples. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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