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.
Literature
1) Anderson,T.l.: Fracture mechanics. Fundamentals and Applications. 2nd.ed.CRC
Press, Boca Raton, New York 1995
2) Broek,D.: Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Martinus Nijhoff
Publisher, 1984
3) Murakami,Y.: Stress Intensity Factors Handbbok. In two volumes. Pergamon
Press 1990.
Advised literature
Dowling, E.N.: Mechanical behaviour of materials. Prentice-Hall, INC. New
Jersey 1993.