TAM 7530 - [Fracture Mechanics]

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisites: TAM 6100 or TAM 6110; and MAE 6110 and TAM 6640 or equivalents. Next offered 2012-2013.

Staff.

Mechanics of fracture, including linear elastic fracture theory and applications, energy release rate, J integral, experimental methods and a primer on computational fracture mechanics. Also covers nonlinear, rateindependent, small deformation elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, its applications and test methods for determining a material’s fracture toughness.