The elastic solution in the vicinity of a traction free edge and an interface crack in cross-ply anisotropic laminates is provided in details for three problems. Complex eigen-pairs and edge stress intensity functions are computed with high accuracy, aimed to serve as benchmark problems against which other numerical methods can be checked.

April 2007.

Composites Science and Technology 68, (2008) 1216-1224.

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