Complex potentials and integral equations for curved crack and curved rigid line problems in plane elasticity (Q2493567)

The authors propose a single layer potential and a double layer potential to solve the curved crack problem and the curved rigid line problem. In the case of the curved crack problem, the complex potentials in the single layer case are formulated for the distributed dislocation along the curve, and the complex potentials in the double layer case are formulated for the crack displacement opening distribution. The authors analyze the behavior of the potentials in detail. One weaker singular, two singular and one hypersingular integral equations are suggested to solve the problems. The relations between the kernels in different integral equations are addressed. In the case of the curved rigid line problem, the complex potentials in the single layer case are formulated for the distributed forces along the curve, and the complex potentials in the double layer case are formulated for the resultant force function.