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Crack line analysis is an effective way to solve elastic-plastic crack problems. Application of the method does not need the traditional small-scale yielding conditions and can obtain sufficiently accurate solutions near the crack line. To address mode-III crack problems under the perfect elastic-plastic condition, matching procedures of the crack line analysis method are summarized and refined to...