| Abstract: | Analysis of elastic wave propagation in anisotropic solids with cracks is of particular interest to quantitative non‐destructive testing and fracture mechanics. For this purpose, a novel time‐domain boundary integral equation method (BIEM) is presented in this paper. A finite crack in an unbounded elastic solid of general anisotropy subjected to transient elastic wave loading is considered. Two‐dimensional plane strain or plane stress condition is assumed. The initial‐boundary value problem is formulated as a set of hypersingular time‐domain traction boundary integral equations (BIEs) with the crack‐opening‐displacements (CODs) as unknown quantities. A time‐stepping scheme is developed for solving the hypersingular time‐domain BIEs. The scheme uses the convolution quadrature formula of Lubich 1] for temporal convolution and a Galerkin method for spatial discretization of the BIEs. An important feature of the present time‐domain BIEM is that it uses the Laplace‐domain instead of the more complicated time‐domain Green's functions. Fourier integral representations of Laplace‐domain Green's functions are applied. No special technique is needed in the present time‐domain BIEM for evaluating hypersingular integrals. |
