Using the hypersingular integral equation method based on body force method, a planar crack in a three-dimensional transversely isotropic piezoelectric solid under mechanical and electrical loads is analyzed. This crack problem is reduced to solve a set of hypersingular integral equations. Compare with the crack problems in elastic isotropic materials, it is shown that for the impermeable crack, the intensity factors for piezoelectric materials can be obtained from those for elastic isotropic materials. Based on the exact analytical solution of the singular stresses and electrical displacements near the crack front, the numerical method of the hypersingular integral equation is proposed by the finite-part integral method and boundary element method, which the square root models of the displacement and electric potential discontinuities in elements near the crack front are applied. Finally, the numerical solutions of the stress and electric field intensity factors of some examples are given.

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Using a body force method and the finite-part integral concepts, a set of hypersingular integral equations for a vertical crack terminating at an interface in a three-dimensional infinite bimaterial subjected to arbitrary loads are derived. The stress singularity orders and singular stress fields around the crack front terminating at the interface are obtained by the main-part analytical method of hypersingular integral equations. Then, a numerical method for the solution of the hypersingular integral equations in case of a rectangular crack is proposed, in which the crack displacement discontinuities are approximated by the product of basic density functions and polynomials. Numerical solutions for the stress intensity factors of some examples are given.

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