Stress intensity factors for large aspect ratio surface and corner cracks at a semi-circular notch in a tension specimen

Abstract Stress intensity factor solutions for semi-elliptic surface and quarter-elliptic corner cracks emanating from a semi-circular notch in a tension specimen are presented. A threedimensional finite-element analysis in conjunction with the equivalent domain integral was used to calculate stress intensity factors (SIF). SIF solutions for surface or corner crack (crack length to depth ratio of 2) at a notch are presented for a wide range of crack sizes and notch radii. Results showed that the SIF are larger for larger crack lengths and for larger notch radii. The SIF are nearly constant all along the crack front for deep surface cracks and for all corner cracks analysed.

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