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Fracture mechanics

Summary

Fundamentals of the theory of elasticity, stress concentrations at notches and cracks, the stress intensity factors. Stress and energy approach to fracture problems. Fracture toughness test. The driving forces and crack resistance to the growth. Plastic zones. Nonlinear (elastoplastic) fracture mechanics – crack tip opening, J-integral. Application of fracture mechanics to fatigue cracks and stress corrosion cracking. Transit behaviour of steels. Influence of dynamic loading. Unstable crack problems and crack arrest. Using the fractography for failure analysis.

Literature

ANDERSON, T. L. Fracture Mechanics. Fundamentals and applications. 4th ed. London: CRC Press, 2005. ISBN 978 142 0058215 .

FELBECK, D. K. and A. G. ATKINS. Strength and Fracture of Engineering Materials. 1st. ed. Englewood: Prentice Hall, 1984. ISBN 0-13-851709-6.

CHIN-TECH, S. Fracture mechanics. 1st ed., Cambridge: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2012. ISBN 9780123850027 .

Doporučená literatura

LASEK, S. Fracture Mechanics. Ostrava: FMMI VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2015. Available from:

http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/AEM/Fracture%20mechanics.pdf

Engineering Fracture Mechanics. E- journal. Available from:: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering-fracture-mechanics


Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 653-3005
Abbreviation LMn
Course title Fracture mechanics
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Bohumír Strnadel, DrSc.