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Fracture mechanics

series solution giving the elastic stress field at the base of a crack as a sum of eigenfunctions whose leading term has the inverse square-root singularity.

In fracture mechanics, Williams crack-tip expansion refers to series solution giving the elastic stress field at the base of a crack as a sum of eigenfunctions whose leading term has the inverse square-root singularity. This meaning comes from Williams (1957) in Journal of Applied Mechanics.[1]

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References

Williams, M. L. (1957). On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 24(1), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4011454

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