Singular problems of the theory of elasticity for cracks perpendicular to the boundary separating two media (Q1077239)

The Wiener-Hopf method is used to construct exact solutions for the problems of cracks perpendicular to the plane boundary separating two different, homogeneous isotropic elastic media. The solutions are constructed for the following cases: semi-infinite cracks with the tip situated at a finite distance from the interface (a normal fracture crack is covered in problem A and a longitudinal shear crack in problem C); a crack of finite length with one of its ends lying at the interface (a normal fracture crack is covered in problem B and a longitudinal shear crack in problem D).