Mixed mode I, II and III analysis of multiple cracks in plane anisotropic solids by the BEM: A dislocation and point force approach (Q5945888)

A direct boundary element method for plane anisotropic elasticity is formulated for the generalized plane strain. It deals with the general case when in-plane and out-of-plane deformations are coupled, including the special case when they are decoupled. The formulation uses the distributions of point forces and dislocation dipoles following the physical interpretation of Somigliana's identity, and employs Lekhnitski-Eshelby-Stroh formalism for anisotropic elasticity. The analytical formulas for displacement and traction BEM are applied to the mixed mode crack analysis for multiply cracked anisotropic bodies, and mixed mode stress intensity factors are determined accurately with the help of conservation integrals.