MAE 5210 - Advanced Fracture Mechanics

3 Credits

Review of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Dynamic fracture mechanics: arrest and branching, energy release rates, contour integrals, and examples. Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, including Dugdale’s model, J-integrals, CTOD, and mixed-mode failure. Introduction to computational technique.Prerequisites: MAE 4210 and MATH 447.