A Stationary Edge Crack in a Finite Body: A Finite Element Approach

Abstract

In the present paper, a stationary edge crack is considered in a finite elastic body under the normal loading condition. A compact analysis of finite element approach of an edge crack is studied and the numerical procedure is implemented in the MATLAB software. The displacements along the cracked surface and the stress components are presented graphically. The convergency of the solution is exhibited by means of graphs.