A HALF-PLANE CRACK UNDER TANGENTIAL LOAD - A COMPLETE SOLUTION

A half-plane flat crack in a transversely isotropic elastic space subj ected to arbitrary tangential load is considered An exact closed form solution is obtained in terms of elementary functions for the complete field of stresses and displacements in the whole space. Both transver sely isotropic and purely isotropic cases me considered. Explicit form ulae are also given for the stress intensity factors. The solution is based on the results previously reported by the first author.