THE STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS FOR AN INFINITELY LONG TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC, THICK-WALLED CYLINDER WHICH CONTAINS A RING-SHAPED CRACK

In this study the elastostatic axisymmetric problem for a long thick-w alled transversely anisotropic cylinder containing a ring-shaped inter nal crack is analyzed. The problem is reduced to a singular integral e quation which has a simple Cauchy kernel as the dominant part by using Hankel and Fourier transform techniques. These equations are then sol ved numerically and the stress intensity factors are calculated. The r esults are given for different transversely anisotropic materials and crack geometries.