Multiple void-crack interaction (Q2368236)

Let \(D\) be a multiply connected domain which boundary consists of mutually disjoint circumferences and segments. In order to find the elastic field on \(D\), the authors consider a boundary value problem for a function biharmonic in \(D\). Along lines of the general alternating Schwarz method, the authors reduce the problem to integral equations containing singular integrals. There are numerical examples of how to find the stress intensity factors.