Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Introduction to Fracture Mechanics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	330-0503/02
Abbreviation	ZLM
Course title	Introduction to Fracture Mechanics
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Radim Halama, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Initiators of bodies fracture. Constructionals notches.
2. Notched members. Neuber´s rule.
3. Cracks. Modes of fracture. Stress intensity factor.
4. Fracture of steels bodies. Definition. Tension test and other basic test.
5. Linear elastic fracture mechanics.
6. Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics.
7. Two parametric fracture mechanics. R-6 method.
8. Dynamics fracture mechanics. Temperature transition behaviour of steels.
9. Fatigue of materials. High cycle fatigue and low cycle fatigue.
10. Fatigue and life prediction.
11. Fatigue crack growth equation.
12. Irregular strain versus time histories. Life estimates.

E-learning

preparing

Literature

Jansen,M., Zuidema,J., Wanhill,R.J.H.: Fracture mechanics. 2 nd ed. Delft,2002, 365 p. ISBN 90-407-2221-8

Anderson,T.L.: Fracture mechanics : fundamentals and applications. 3 rd.ed.Boca Raton:CRC/Taylor&Francis, 2005. 621 p. ISBN 0-8493-1656-1.

Broek.D.: Elementary engineering fracture mechanics. 4th rd. Kluwer Academic Pubs., Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Advised literature

Dowling,N.E.: Mechanical behavior of materials. Prentice-Hall.INC. New Jersey 1993.,pp.774. ISBN 0-13-026956-5.

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