Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Xi'an Jiao-tong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P.R.C.
Department of Civil Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, Japan
Abstract:
The important property of the eigenfunction expansion form found by Chen Engng Fracture Mech. 22, 673–686 (1985)] is found as the pseudo-orthogonal property. The analysis of this property and relative integral for a semi-infinite crack with completely closed surfaces in homogeneous plane elasticity is studied in detail. It is found that the integral proposed by Bueckner in Mechanics of Fracture, Vol. 1, pp. 239–314 (1973)] and Chen is no longer path-independent in this circumstance. The differences between the present investigation and that of Chen are discussed.