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Engineering Fracture Mechanics NPTEL

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The course covers the basic aspects of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Spectacular failures that triggered the birth of fracture mechanics, Modes of loading, Classification as LEFM and EPFM, Crack growth and fracture mechanisms, Energy release rate, Resistance, Griffith Theory of fracture, Extension of Griffith Theory by Irwin and Orowan, R-Curve, Pop-in phenomena, Crack branching. Necessary and sufficient conditions for fracture, Stress and Displacement fields in the very near and near-tip fields, Westergaard, Williams and Generalised Westergaard solutions, Influence of the T-stress and higher order terms, Role of photoelasticity on the development of stress field equations in fracture mechanics, Equivalence between SIF and G, Various methods for evaluating Stress Intensity Factors, Modeling plastic zone at the crack-tip, Irwin and Dugdale models, Fracture toughness testing, Fedderson’s residual strength diagram, Paris law, J-integral, HRR field, Mixed-mode fracture, Crack arrest methodologies.

Resources: OpenCourseware from NPTEL (India), Sheridan College, MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford & many other of the World's finest University's

Language: English

Units: 41

Lesson content
  • Mod-01 Lec-01 EFM Course Outline  
  • Mod-01 Lec-02 Spectacular Failures  
  • Mod-01 Lec-03 Lessons from Spectacular Failures  
  • Mod-01 Lec-04 LEFM and EPFM  
  • Mod-01 Lec-05 Fracture Mechanics is Holistic  
  • Mod-01 Lec-06 Fatigue Crack Growth Model  
  • Mod-01 Lec-07 Crack Growth and Fracture Mechanisms  
  • Mod-02 Lec-08 Elastic Strain Energy  
  • Mod-02 Lec-09 Fracture Strength by Griffith  
  • Mod-02 Lec-10 Energy Release Rate  
  • Mod-02 Lec-11 Utility of Energy Release Rate  
  • Mod-02 Lec-12 Pop-in Phenomenon  
  • Mod-03 Lec-13 Displacement and Stress Formulations  
  • Mod-03 Lec-14 Forms of Stress Functions  
  • Mod-04 Lec-15 Airy's Stress Function for Mode-I  
  • Mod-04 Lec-16 Westergaard Solution of Stress Field for Mode-I  
  • Mod-04 Lec-17 Displacement Field for Mode-I  
  • Mod-04 Lec-18 Relation between KI and GI  
  • Mod-04 Lec-19 Stress Field in Mode-II  
  • Mod-04 Lec-20 Generalised Westergaard Approach  
  • Mod-04 Lec-21 William's Eigen Function Approach  
  • Mod-04 Lec-22 Multi-parameter Stress Field Equations  
  • Mod-04 Lec-23 Validation of Multi-parameter Field Equations  
  • Mod-05 Lec-24 Discussion Session-I  
  • Mod-06 Lec-25 Evaluation of SIF for Various Geometries  
  • Mod-06 Lec-26 SIF for Embedded Cracks  
  • Mod-06 Lec-27 SIF for Surface Cracks  
  • Mod-06 Lec-28 Modeling of Plastic Deformation  
  • Mod-06 Lec-29 Irwin's Model  
  • Mod-06 Lec-30 Dugdale Model  
  • Mod-06 Lec-31 Fracture Toughness Testing  
  • Mod-06 Lec-32 Plane Strain Fracture Toughness Testing  
  • Mod-06 Lec-33 Plane Stress Fracture Toughness Testing  
  • Mod-07 Lec-34 Paris Law and Sigmoidal Curve  
  • Mod-07 Lec-35 Crack Closure  
  • Mod-07 Lec-36 Crack Growth Models  
  • Mod-08 Lec-37 J-Integral  
  • Mod-08 Lec-38 HRR Field and CTOD  
  • Mod-08 Lec-39 FAD and Mixed Mode Fracture  
  • Mod-08 Lec-40 Crack Arrest and Repair Methodologies  
  • Mod-09 Lec-41 Discussion Session - II  
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