On a Circular Crack in a Transversely Isotropic Elastic Material Under Prescribed Shear Stress [Letter to the Editor]

The analysis provides the solution for the elasticity problem of a circular flat crack in a transversely isotropic elastic solid under uniform or linear shear stress distribution at the crack surface. This analysis, together with the published works
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on circular cracks under normal stress, solves the problem of a circular crack under any uniform stress distribution at large distance from the crack. The result should be of interest in fracture mechanics. It may be of interest to remark that the solution presented here has provided valuable insight to solving the corresponding problem for the elliptical crack.