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Engineering Fracture Mechanics Syllabus

This document outlines an engineering fracture mechanics course. The course aims to teach students about cracked components that fail under static and fatigue loads. It covers topics like elastic deformation, plastic deformation, the stress intensity factor, stationary cracks under static loading, energy balance and crack growth, fatigue crack growth curves, and applications of fracture mechanics like mixed mode fractures. The course has 5 units and 45 total contact hours. Upon completing the course, students will be able to understand solid mechanics elements, design cracked components under static loads, apply crack growth laws, and describe crack initiation under thermal loads.

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Engineering Fracture Mechanics Syllabus

This document outlines an engineering fracture mechanics course. The course aims to teach students about cracked components that fail under static and fatigue loads. It covers topics like elastic deformation, plastic deformation, the stress intensity factor, stationary cracks under static loading, energy balance and crack growth, fatigue crack growth curves, and applications of fracture mechanics like mixed mode fractures. The course has 5 units and 45 total contact hours. Upon completing the course, students will be able to understand solid mechanics elements, design cracked components under static loads, apply crack growth laws, and describe crack initiation under thermal loads.

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M.E.

ENGINEERING DESIGN R2019

ED19P25 ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS PE 3 0 0 3

Objectives:
To impart knowledge on mechanics of cracked components of different modes by which these components fail

under static load conditions.
To impart knowledge on mechanics of cracked components of different modes by which these components fail

under fatigue load conditions.

UNIT-I ELEMENTS OF SOLID MECHANICS 9


The geometry of stress and strain, elastic deformation, plastic and elasto-plastic deformation – limit analysis – Airy’s
function – field equation for stress intensity factor.
UNIT-II STATIONARY CRACK UNDER STATIC LOADING 9
Two dimensional elastic fields – Analytical solutions yielding near a crack front – Irwin’s approximation - plastic zone
size – Dugdaale model – determination of J integral and its relation to crack opening displacement.
UNIT-III ENERGY BALANCE AND CRACK GROWTH 9
Griffith analysis – stable and unstable crack growth –Dynamic energy balance – crack arrest mechanism –K1c test
methods - R curves - determination of collapse load.
UNIT-IV FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH CURVE 9
Empirical relation describing crack growth law – life calculations for a given load amplitude – effects of changing the
load spectrum -- rain flow method– external factors affecting the K1c values.- leak before break analysis.
UNIT-V APPLICATIONS OF FRACTURE MECHANICS 9
Crack Initiation under large scale yielding – thickness as a design parameter – mixed mode fractures - crack instability
in thermal and residual stress fields - numerical methods.Prediction of crack growth using software.
Total Contact Hours : 45

Course Outcomes: On completion of this course, the students will be able to


 Comprehend the basics elements related to solid mechanics.
 Design components that contain crack under static load condition.
 Estimate the energy required for a crack to grow under cyclic load.
 Apply the crack growth law and predict residual life.
Describe the mechanism of crack under thermal load and its initiation.

Reference Books(s) / Web links:


T.L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics "Fundamentals and Applications, 3rd Edition, Taylor and Francis Group,
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2005.
2 Prashant Kumar, “Elements of Fracture Mechanics”, McGraw Hill Publication, 2017.
John M.Barson and Stanely T.Rolfe Fatigue and fracture control in structures Prentice hall Inc. Englewood cliffs.
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1987
Tribikram Kundu, “Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics”, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi/ CRCPress, 1st
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Indian Reprint, 2012
5. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/112106065/
6. K. Ramesh, e-Book on Engineering Fracture Mechanics, IIT Madras, 2007.

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