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G. Gomes et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 45 (2018) 67-85; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.45.06 85 Integral Equation. Proceedings of the XXXVII Iberian Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, ABMEC/RIPE, Brasília, DF, Brazil, 2(6), pp. 120-133. [19] Stroustrup, B. and Ellis, M.A., (1990). The Annotated C++, Reference Manual, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. [20] ABAQUS Software Documentation, Version 6.9 by SIMULIA, (2009). [21] Anderson, T.L. (1995). Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications. 2 nd ed, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. NOMENCLATURE i, j Cartesian components  ij (x’,x) Kelvin fundamental solutions for traction U ij (x’,x) Kelvin fundamental solutions for displacement CPV Cauchy Principal Value HPV Hadamard Principal Value  ij the Kronecker delta S ijk (x’,x), Dijk(x’,x) Stress and Displacements Tensors SIF Stress Intensity Factor K I , K II SIFs at the crack tip for modes I and II E Young’s modulus v Poisson ratio  t Angular coordinate with centre at the crack tip  C orrection angle Ieq K Equivalent SIF (mode I) Ic K Stiffness fracture Ieq K     Equivalent intensity factor range da/dN Crack growth rate