RT Journal Article T1 Planar cracks running along piecewise linear paths A1 Herrero García, Miguel Ángel A1 Oleaga Apadula, Gerardo Enrique A1 Velázquez, J. J. L. AB Consider a crack propagating in a plane according to a loading that results in anti-plane shear deformation. We show here that if the crack path consists of two straight segments making an angle psi not equal 0 at their junction, examples can be provided for which the value of the stress-intensity factor (SIF) actually depends on the previous history of the motion. This is in sharp contrast with the rectilinear case (corresponding to psi = 0), where the SIF is known to have a local character, its value depending only on the position and velocity of the crack tip at any given time. PB Royal Society of London SN 1364-5021 YR 2004 FD 2004 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50104 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50104 LA eng NO Herrero García, M. A., Oleaga Apadula, G. E., Velázquez, J. J. L. «Planar Cracks Running along Piecewise Linear Paths». Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 460, n.o 2042, febrero de 2004, pp. 581-601. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2003.1173. DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025