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Boundary-Element Analysis of Stresses in a Creeping Plate with a Crack

Banthia, V
Graduate student and associate professor, Thurston Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Mukherjee, S
Graduate student and associate professor, Thurston Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Pages: 17    Published: Jan 1983

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Abstract

The boundary-element method is used to determine the solution of the problem of a creeping plate with a crack. Particular attention is focussed on the numerical evaluation of a certain line integral—called the C-integral—over various paths around a crack tip, as functions of time for short times. The growth of the creep zone around a crack tip is also studied numerically.