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We analyze a nonstandard
boundary-value problem for Laplace’s equation characterizing the displacement field
arising from the antiplane deformations of an infinite elastic solid containing a sharp
finite crack when first-order surface effects are included on the crack faces. The
surface effects are incorporated using the continuum-based surface/interface model of
Gurtin and Murdoch. We establish a uniqueness result for the displacement field and
use complex variable methods to reduce the problem to a series of integral equations
which are solved numerically using an efficient, stable, yet convenient finite element
discretization method. Our results demonstrate the effect of the surface on the
displacement field and its implications for the corresponding stress distributions in
the vicinity of the crack.
Keywords
displacement field, mode-III crack, antiplane deformations,
surface elasticity, integral equations