Abriefaccountisprovidedoncrack-tipsolutionsthathaverecentlybeenpublishedintheliteraturebyemployingtheso-calledGRADELAmodelanditsvariants.TheGRADELAmodelisasimplegradientelasticitytheoryinvolvingoneinternallengthinadditiontothetwoLame'constants,inanefforttoeliminateelasticsingularitiesanddiscontinuitiesandtointerpretelasticsizeeffects.Thenon-singularstrainsandnon-singular(butsometimessingularorevenhypersingular)stressesderivedthiswayunderdifferentboundaryconditionsdifferfromeachotherandtheirphysicalmeaninginnotclear.Thisisdiscussedwhichfocusontheformandphysicalmeaningofnon-singularsolutionsforcrack-tipstressesandstrainsthatarepossibletoobtainwithintheGRADELAmodelanditsextensions.
