Engineering fracture mechanics. Introduction to the theory of fracture mechanics through the Griffith energy balance, Irwin's stress intensity and strain energy release rate, and Rice's conservation integral. Fracture mechanics will be applied to several modern engineering problems. This course provides the students with a working understanding of the theory of fracture mechanics. Emphasis is placed on practical problem solving.
Theorectical development is addressed up to the level of undergraduate students.
Internal forces and deformations. Stress, strain, principle stress. Strain energy, density, strain energy, potential energy. Axial, bending, torsional loading. Linear elastic fracture mechanics 2.