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MAE 543 Fracture Mechanics
惭础贰听543听听Fracture Mechanics听听(3 credit hours)听听
Concept of elastic stress intensity factor, Griffith energy balance, determination of the elastic field at a sharp crack tip via eigenfunction expansion methods, J integrals analysis, experimental determination of fracture toughness, fatigue crack growth, elastic-plastic crack tip fields. Emphasis on modern numerical methods for determination of stress intensity factors, critical crack sizes and fatigue crack propagation rate predictions.
Prerequisite: 惭础贰听316
Typically offered in Spring and Summer