The stress intensity factors for an infinitely long transversely isotropic, thick-walled cylinder which contains a ring-shaped crack

In this study the elastostatic axisymmetric problem for a long thick-walled transversely anisotropic cylinder containing a ring-shaped internal crack is analyzed. The problem is reduced to a singular integral equation which has a simple Cauchy kernel as the dominant part by using Hankel and Fourier transform techniques. These equations are then solved numerically and the stress intensity factors are calculated. The results are given for different transversely anisotropic materials and crack geometries.