In this pager, the displacement discontinuity fundamental solutions ( DDFS)
corresponding to the unit concentrated displacement discontinuity for plan
e problems of non-local elasticity are obtained. Based on the displacement
discontinuity boundary integral equation (DDBIE) and boundary element metho
d (BEM), a method of analysis of crack problems in non-local elasticity wit
h generalized purpose is proposed. By using this method, several important
problems in fracture mechanics such as edge crack are studied. The study of
edge crack shows that the stress concentration factor (SCF) near the crack
tip is not a constant but varies with the crack length. With this result t
he effect of crack length on the fracture roughness K (I c) is studied. The
results obtained in this paper are in accordance with the published ones.