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ME 734 - Fracture of Engineering Materials


Credits 3

Stress-strain relationships during elastic and plastic deformation, linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics, Griffith’s theory, stress analyses of cracks, plastic zone size, fracture toughness measurements, ductile-to-brittle transition, fatigue failure mechanisms, environmentassisted cracking and relevant test methods, metallographic evaluations using state-of-the-art techniques.

Prerequisites
Graduate Standing or Instructor Consent