Elliptic crack in a transversely isotropic body revisited: New symbolism

摘要

It is shown that the introduction of two new parameters, similar to those used by the author earlier, allows to simplify dramatically the complete solution of the elliptic crack problem. We consider the cases of both normal and shear loading of the crack. The limiting case of an isotropic body is also considered. The developed results can be used for solving various elliptic contact problems as well.