Dual Boundary Element Method Applied to Antiplane Crack Problems

Table 1

Normalised mode III stress intensity factor for a straight central crack.

	𝑎∶ℎ	1∶0.25	1∶0.5	1∶1	1∶2	1∶4
𝑎∶𝑤	Present	1.909	1.724	1.689	1.688	1.661
1∶1.2	Reference [17]	1.897	1.723	1.689	1.686	1.686
	Reference [31]	1.900	1.725	1.691	1.689	1.689
𝑎∶𝑤	Present	1.796	1.467	1.371	1.361	1.361
1∶1.4	Reference [17]	1.780	1.460	1.369	1.359	1.358
	Reference [31]	1.782	1.463	1.370	1.361	1.360
𝑎∶𝑤	Present	1.784	1.405	1.257	1.236	1.236
1∶1.6	Reference [17]	1.771	1.399	1.254	1.233	1.233
	Reference [31]	1.773	1.401	1.256	1.235	1.235
𝑎∶𝑤	Present	1.792	1.384	1.179	1.131	1.129
1∶2.0	Reference [17]	1.770	1.377	1.176	1.127	1.126
	Reference [31]	1.772	1.379	1.178	1.130	1.128