Wide-range weight functions and stress intensity factors for arbitrarily shaped crack geometries using complex Taylor series expansion method

摘要

The recently developed complex Taylor series expansion method for computing weight functions (WCTSE) of arbitrary 2D crack geometry is further studied. Improvements on several aspects are made to raise solution accuracy. Wide-range weight functions are determined for four different crack geometries. Methods for accuracy assessment using the Green's function or severe load conditions are proposed. The WCTSE numerical weight function and the conventional analytical weight function approaches are shown to be complementary. It is envisaged that combination of the two approaches will lead to more widespread applications of the weight function methods for fracture and crack growth analyses. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.