Evaluation of stress concentration factors and stress intensity factors from remote boundary data

Usually, the stress concentration factors (SCFs) for holes and the stress intensity factors (SIFs) for cracks are evaluated by using the data near holes or cracks. However, the abrupt change of the stresses near holes, especially near crack tips, may lead to an unavoidable error. Thus, it is always interesting to find an equivalent formulation for SCF and SIF by using only remote boundary responses (displacements, stresses and strains)...