Arc cracks in a Joukowski type shell with a hole under uniform heat flux

The research method is based on the complex potential technique of Muskhelishvili using conformal mapping, by taking into account the effect of transverse shear deformation on thermal bending of a cylindrical shell. These stress functions were applied to the analysis of arc cracks around a hole in a Joukowski type shell under heat flow. The results indicated variations in moment-intensity factors at the crack-tip near the hole.