简介：Aradialcrackemanatingfromasemi-circularnotchisofsignificantengineeringimportance.Accuratedeterminationofkeyfracturemechanicsparametersisessentialfordamagetolerancedesignandfatiguecrackgrowthlifepredictions.Thepurposeofthispaperistoprovideanefficientandaccurateclosed-formweightfunctionapproachtothecalculationofcracksurfacedisplacementsforaradialcrackemanatingfromasemi-circularnotchinasemi-infiniteplate.Resultsarepresentedfortwoloadconditions:remoteappliedstressanduniformstresssegmentappliedtocracksurfaces.Basedonacorrectionofstressintensityfactorratio,highlyaccurateanalyticalequationsofcracksurfacedisplacementsunderthetwoloadconditionsaredevelopedbyfittingthedataobtainedwiththeweightfunctionmethod.ItisdemonstratedthattheWuCarlssonclosed-formweightfunctionsareveryefficient,accurateandeasy-to-useforcalculatingcracksurfacedisplacementsforarbitraryloadconditions.Themethodwillfacilitatefatiguecrackclosureandotherfracturemechanicsanalyseswhereaccuratecracksurfacedisplacementsarerequired.