Research Article

Stress Intensity Factors for Corner Cracks under Arbitrary Stress Fields in the Finite Plates Based on the Point Weight Function Method

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Comparison of SIF results based on universal weight function method, point weight function method, and finite element method when cracks under univariant stress distributions (, ).
(a) Comparison of SIF results when cracks under stress distribution Equation (17)
(b) Comparison of SIF results when cracks under stress distribution Equation (18)