Weight functions for notches or cracks, which express the intensity of the stress singularity at the tip as functionals of the loadings present, can be defined either as combination of eigenfunctions or as variational derivatives of energies. The two definitions are equivalent.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Topics:
Weight (Mass), Eigenfunctions, Fracture (Materials), Stress singularity
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