Two-dimensional time-harmonic BEM for cracked anisotropic solids

A mixed time-harmonic boundary element procedure for the analysis of two-dimensional dynamic problems in cracked solids of general anisotropy is presented. To the author's knowledge, no previous BE approach for time-harmonic two-dimensional crack problems in anisotropic solids exists. In the present work, the fundamental solution is split into the static singular part plus dynamic regular terms. Hypersingular integrals associated to the singular part in the traction boundary integral equation are transformed, by means of a simple change of variable, into regular ones plus very simple singular integrals with known analytical solution. Subsequently, only regular (frequency dependent) terms have to be added to the regularized static fundamental solution in order to solve the dynamic problem. The generality of this procedure permits the use of general straight or curved quadratic boundary elements. In particular, discontinuous quarter-point elements are used to represent the crack-tip behavior. Stress intensity factors are accurately computed from the nodal crack opening displacements at discontinuous quarter-point elements. The efficiency and robustness of the present time-harmonic BEM are verified numerically by several test examples. Results are also obtained for more complex configurations, not previously studied in the literature. They include curved crack geometry.

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