Near field behavior of in-plane crack extension in nonlinear incompressible material

The nonlinear theory of finite elasticity is applied to obtain the in-plane displacement and stresses in the immediate vicinity of the crack tip. Incompressibility, homogeneity, elasticity and isotropy are assumed for the material while the resultant shear stress and shear strain are assumed to follow a nonlinear hardening/softening behavior. The system of governing differential equations becomes nonelliptical when the strains are sufficiently large.