Research Article

Stress Intensity Factor for Interface Cracks in Bimaterials Using Complex Variable Meshless Manifold Method

Table 3

Calculated SIF for test piece with an edge interfacial crack.

Crack length
(mm)
CVMMM Reference solution by
2D BEM
F 1F 2F 1F 2

1.00.0584−0.58110.0578−0.5704
2.00.0063−0.45350.0049−0.4449
3.0−0.0089−0.4024−0.0091−0.4011
4.0−0.0130−0.3367−0.0121−0.3392