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Engineering Fracture Mechanics

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People enroll in an Engineering Fracture Mechanics course to understand how and why materials fail under real-world conditions. The course equips engineers with tools to predict crack initiation and growth, improve the safety and reliability of structures, and prevent catastrophic failures in fields like aerospace, civil, mechanical, and materials engineering. It also helps bridge theory with practical design, enabling better material selection, damage tolerance analysis, and compliance with engineering standards.

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Engineering Fracture mechanics

41 Lectures

2096 min

course outline
Preview
48 min
Spectacular failures
48 min
lessons from spectacular failures
50 min
LEFM and EPFM
49 min
Fracture mechanics is Holistic
51 min
Fatigue crack model
50 min
crack growth and fracture mechanism
53 min
Elastic strain energy
48 min
Fracture strength by giffith
50 min
Energy release rate
50 min
Utility of energy release rate
52 min
Pop-in phenomenon
51 min
Displacement and stress formulation
51 min
forms of stress functions
52 min
airy's stress function model - 1
51 min
Westergaard Solution of Stress Field for Mode-I
51 min
Displacement Field for Mode-I
51 min
Relationship between KI and GI
53 min
Stress Field in Mode-II
51 min
Generalised Westergaard Approach
53 min
William's Eigen Function Approach
46 min
Multi parameter stress field equations
51 min
validation of multi parameter stess field equation
47 min
Discussion Session-I
54 min
Evaluation SIF for various geometries
49 min
SIF for embedded cracks
47 min
SIF for surface cracks
53 min
modeling pf plastic deformation
53 min
Irwin's model
52 min
Dugdale model
52 min
Fracture toughness testing
52 min
plane strain fracture toughness testing
50 min
plane stress fracture toughness testing continued
51 min
Paris law and sigmoidal curve
51 min
Crack closure
51 min
crack growth models
52 min
J- Integral
54 min
HRR fiels and CTOD
52 min
FAD and mixed mode fracture
54 min
Crack arrest and repair methodologies
53 min
Discussion Session - II
59 min

Course details

Engineering Fracture Mechanics is a branch of mechanical and materials engineering that focuses on understanding, predicting, and preventing the initiation and growth of cracks in structures and components. It combines principles of solid mechanics, materials science, and structural analysis to evaluate the strength, durability, and failure behavior of materials under static, dynamic, and cyclic loading conditions. The discipline is widely applied in the design, safety assessment, and life prediction of engineering systems in industries such as aerospace, automotive, civil, and energy engineering.

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Mechanics & Turbomachinery
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Production

Key topics covered

1. Spectacular lessons

2. LEFM and EPFM

3. Fracture mechanics is holistic

4. Fatigue crack growth model

5. Fracture strength by giffith

6. Elastic strain energy

7. Pop-in phenomenon

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