Standard syllabus
Fracture mechanics · Graduate · Engineering
Topics
LEFM fundamentals
- Stress concentration versus crack tip singularity
- Griffith energy balance criterion
- Stress intensity factor K and modes I, II, III
- Westergaard solutions and superposition
- Crack tip plastic zone size estimates
- Fracture toughness K_IC testing standards
- R-curves and stable crack growth
- Mixed-mode fracture criteria
- J-integral and HRR fields (intro)
- Small-scale yielding and K validity limits
Fatigue and crack growth
- S-N and ε-N approaches for high- and low-cycle fatigue
- Crack initiation at notches and defects
- Paris law da/dN versus ΔK regimes
- Load interaction effects: overload retardation
- Variable amplitude fatigue and rainflow counting
- Fatigue limit and mean stress effects (Goodman, Gerber)
- Multiaxial fatigue criteria overview
- Corrosion fatigue and fretting fatigue
- Probabilistic fatigue life prediction intro
- Damage tolerance design philosophy in aerospace
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Study units
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- LEFM fundamentals
Stress concentration versus crack tip singularity
Coming soon - Fatigue and crack growth
S-N and ε-N approaches for high- and low-cycle fatigue
Coming soon - Experimental and computational fracture
Compact tension and bend specimen testing
Coming soon - Advanced and industry applications
Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) survey
Coming soon
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