State of stress in a plat circular ring with a crack : PMM vol. 39, n 6, 1975, pp. 1118–1128

The stress distribution in a circular isotropie ring with a crack on part of the concentric circle is investigated. A system of functional equations governing the coefficients of the complex Fourier series expansion of the stresses acting on the circle on which the crack is located is obtained. The solution of the mentioned system of equations is obtained by using a factorization method, which permitted reduction of the initial system of equations to two coupled infinite systems of algebraic equations. The possibility of using the method of truncation to solve these systems is proved. The singularity originating in the neighborhood of ends of the crack in the formulas governing the stresses is isolated. Stress intensity coefficients for the effect of a uniform load on the external contour are presented.