CEE 7700 - Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: CEE 6720 or equivalent and MAE 7160, or permission of instructor.

A. Ingraffea.

Computational and physical modeling of crack growth processes. Finite and boundary element-based simulation of brittle fracture initiation and propagation, fatigue crack growth, and elasto-plastic and cohesive approaches to inelastic crack growth. Element formulation, meshing and remeshing, interactive steering. Case studies across scales from geomechanics to micromechanics, and including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Laboratory techniques for fracture toughness, crack growth rate, and trajectory testing.