ELASTIC STRESS SOLUTION FOR A CIRCULAR RING SUBJECTED TO PARTIALLY DISTRIBUTED TRACTION ON THE INNER WALL AND ITS APPLICATION TO A CRACKED RING

First, an exact stress for an uncracked ring subjected to partially di stributed traction on the inner wall is obtained based on the superpos ition technique and a series method; this is then applied to the crack ed ring problem in terms of a weight function. The hoop stresses and s tress intensity factors are presented for typical geometries and loadi ng conditions.