ME583 ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
| Course Code: |
5690583 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. SERKAN DAÐ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Basic concepts: Failure criteria, mechanisms of fracture, stress intensity factor. Energy balance and stress intensity factor approaches to fracture. Plane strain and plane stress fracture toughness of materials. Fatigue crack growth. Elastic-plastic fracture, plastic zone models, J-integral. Fail-safe and safe-life design concepts, damage tolerances. Applications to practical problems. (F)
