Influence of geometry and material on the stress intensity of an interfacial crack propagating from a bi-material notch

The stress intensity factor (SIF) is an important parameter to characterize the stress intensity near a crack tip. In order to successfully evaluate the SIFs for the interfacial crack emanating from a bi-material notch, a method coupling the boundary element method with the singularity asymptotic expansion technique is introduced. Then, the crack initiating from a sharp V-notch tip and the one emanating from a semicircle notch root are...