The new hypersingular integral equations (HSIEs) for the multiple cracks problems in both upper and lower parts of the bonded dissimilar materials are formulated using the modified complex potential method, and with the help of the continuity conditions of the resultant force function and displacement. The crack opening displacement is the unknown and the traction along the crack as the right term of the equations. The appropriate quadrature formulas are used in solving the obtained HSIEs for the unknown coefficients. Numerical results for the multiple inclined or circular arc cracks subjected to the remote shear stress are presented. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The new hypersingular integral equations (HSIEs) for the multiple cracks problems in both upper and lower parts of the bonded dissimilar materials are formulated using the modified complex potential method, and with the help of the continuity conditions of the resultant force function and displacement. The crack opening displacement is the unknown and the traction along the crack as the right term of the equations. The appropriate quadrature formulas are used in solving the obtained HSIEs for the unknown coefficients. Numerical results for the multiple inclined or circular arc cracks subjected to the remote shear stress are presented. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

This paper deals with the multiple inclined or circular arc cracks in the upper half of bonded dissimilar materials subjected to shear stress. Using the complex variable function method, and with the help of the continuity conditions of the traction and displacement, the problem is formulated into the hypersingular integral equation (HSIE) with the crack opening displacement function as the unknown and the tractions along the crack as the right term. The obtained HSIE are solved numerically by utilising the appropriate quadrature formulas. Numerical results for multiple inclined or circular arc cracks problems in the upper half of bonded dissimilar materials are presented. It is found that the nondimensional stress intensity factors at the crack tips strongly depends on the elastic constants ratio, crack geometries, the distance between each crack and the distance between the crack and boundary. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.