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Engineering Fracture Mechanics Course

This document outlines the teaching scheme and examination for the elective course Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The course covers topics such as fracture modes, fracture criteria, methods for evaluating fracture toughness experimentally and numerically, experimental evaluation of fracture toughness using the J-integral, fatigue mechanics including the S-N diagram and Paris law, and creep mechanics including creep deformation and creep strength. References for the course include textbooks on fracture mechanics and ASTM standards.

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Engineering Fracture Mechanics Course

This document outlines the teaching scheme and examination for the elective course Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The course covers topics such as fracture modes, fracture criteria, methods for evaluating fracture toughness experimentally and numerically, experimental evaluation of fracture toughness using the J-integral, fatigue mechanics including the S-N diagram and Paris law, and creep mechanics including creep deformation and creep strength. References for the course include textbooks on fracture mechanics and ASTM standards.

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Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Elective - III) (502211-B)

Teaching Scheme Lectures: 3 Hrs per week Examination Scheme: Paper: 100 Marks Paper Duration: 3 Hrs.

Review of - Mechanical properties of solid materials, Theory of elasticity Stress and strain, plane stress, plane strain, stress function, Theory of plasticity, yield stress, yield conditions (Mises & Tresca) 1. Introduction:Macroscopic failure mode, ideal fracture strength, energy release rate, Fracture Modes. 2. Fracture Criteria :Griffith criterion, Irwins Fracture Criterion, Stress Intensity Approach, Stress intensity factor, crack tip plasticity, crack opening displacement, plastic constraint. 3. Methods for Evaluating Fracture toughness :3.1 - Numerical Methods a. Finite Elements (FE) b. Finite Differences (FD) c. Boundary Integral Equations (BIE) 3.2. Experimental Methods a. Compliance Method b. Photoelasticity c. Interferometry and Holography 4. Experimental evaluation of Fracture toughness:- Plane strain fracture toughness, J Integral 5. Fatigue mechanics :- S-N diagram, fatigue limit, fatigue crack growth rate, Paris law. 6. Creep mechanics: - Creep deformation, creep strength, creep-fatigue interaction. Special Note: No question should be asked on review topic, derivations.

References :
1. Anderson T.L., Fracture Mechanics, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 1995 2. Hertzberg, R. W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996. 3. ASTM standards

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