Course Code | Course Name | Credits | Hours |
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4236085 | Fracture Mechanics | 3.0 | 3 |
Description | To provide concise and coherent intoduction to the elementary concepts of fracture mechanics: crack initiation followed by propagation, growth and stability within stressed material and/ or structure, this graduate course aims to address the questions as follows. Introduction to linear elastic fracture mechanics(LEFM), elasto-plastic fracture mechanics, crack opening displacement(COD), J-integral, and some related experiments. |