Previous chapters have frequently pointed out that certain aspects of fracture inmultilayers require complete solutions for stress distributions close to the crack tip. Important examples include mode mix, channeling/tunneling cracks, crack kinking and features with finite length (such as edge cracks or ligaments). While analytical solutions have been presented for a few important cases, a numerical approach is often needed even for relatively simple geometries.
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