The problem of a mode I crack having multiple contacts between the crack faces is considered. In the case of small contact islands of arbitrary shapes, which are arbitrarily located inside the crack, the first-order asymptotic model for the crack opening displacement is constructed using the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The case of a penny-shaped crack has been studied in detail. A scaling hypothesis for the compliance reduction factor is formulated.
The analysis of engineering methods for determining stress intensity factors (SIF) for defective elements of open profile (channels) under bending is carried out. Mathematical models are created and dependences for calculation of SIF are deduced using two methods: using nominal stresses in net-section and using change of the inertia-moment of the profile cross-section. The obtained results are compared with the data of SIF for the crack in the channel obtained during simulation modeling using finite element method.
Modeling of crack opening mode sif for a crack in a thin-walled structural channel beam