Analysis of internal circumferential semi-elliptical cracks with high aspect ratio in pipes.
A weight function is proposed for the calculation of the stress intensity factors for the deepest point of the crack.
An effective closed form expression is proposed to evaluate the stress intensity factors.
Prediction of stress intensity factors for any applied stress gradients through the wall thickness without any limitations.
A three-dimensional finite element modeling employs to calculate the stress intensity factors for different geometries.