Stress Intensity Factor of Radial Cracks for Rotating Disks and Cylinders using Average Stress Method

This article utilizes the average stress method to obtain the stress in- tensity factor of rotating solid and hollow disks/cylinders containing a radial crack. It is assumed that the cracks are located radially at center, internal or external radius of the geometry. Results are shown for both of the plane stress and plane strain assumptions and are val- idated against the known data introduced in the literature search.