In this work, XFEM is employed to obtain the stress intensity factors (SIFs) of a semi elliptical part through thickness axial crack. In XFEM, additional functions are employed to enrich the displacement approximation using partition of unity approach. Level set functions are approximated using higher order shape functions in the crack front elements to ensure the accurate modeling of the crack. The axial crack is placed either on the inner or the outer surface in an internally pressurized pipe bend. The SIFs are extracted from XFEM solution by domain type interaction integral approach for a wide range of geometry parameters like bend radius ratio, cross sectional radius ratio and relative crack length. The results obtained by XFEM approach are compared with those obtained by FEM. These simulations show that the orientation and type of crack in pipe bend has a significant effect on the SIF. Manuscript profile

In the present study, the boundary value problems in generalized thermodiffusive elastic medium has been investigated as a result of inclined load. The inclined load is assumed to be a linear combination of normal load and tangential load. Laplace transform with respect to time variable and Fourier transform with respect to space variable are applied to solve the problem. As an application of the approach, distributed sources and moving force have been taken. Expressions of displacement, stresses, temperature and concentration in the transformed domain are obtained by introducing potential functions. The numerical inversion technique is used to obtain the solution in the physical domain. Graphical representation due to the response of different sources and use of angle of inclination are shown. Some particular cases are also deduced. Manuscript profile