Plane elastostatic analysis of V-notched plates

Solutions are given for several plane elastostatic problems of plates having a V-notch on one edge, and subjected to a variety of boundary conditions. The effect of the magnitude of the V-notch angle and specimen geometry on stress intensity factors K _I and K _II are obtained for unloaded notch surfaces. There is less than one percent difference in opening mode I stress intensity factor in going from a zero degree notch angle to a 30 degree notch angle. Notch opening displacements at the plate edge were measured experimentally and the results obtained were in excellent agreement with the computed results.