On interface crack in laminated anisotropic medium

In this paper, the interface crack problems of a multilayered anisotropic m edium under a state of generalized plane deformation are considered within the framework of anisotropic theory. A general solution procedure is introd uced such that it can be uniformly applied to media with transversely isotr opic, orthotropic, monoclinic, etc. layers. The problem is reduced to the s olution of a system of singular integral equations by means of Fourier tran sform method and the stiffness matrix formulation. A Jacobi polynomial tech nique is then used to solve the integral equations numerically. The stress intensity factors are provided. The stress intensity factors have been calc ulated numerically and displayed graphically. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd . All rights reserved.