Fracture and Fatigue

Two concentric circles on a field being pulled apart.

Two different line-integral paths around a crack tip. (Image courtesy of Subra Suresh.)

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MIT Course Number

3.35

As Taught In

Fall 2003

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

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Course Description

Investigation of linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Topics include microstructural effects on fracture in metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, biological materials and composites, toughening mechanisms, crack growth resistance and creep fracture. Also covered: interface fracture mechanics, fatigue damage and dislocation substructures in single crystals, stress- and strain-life approach to fatigue, fatigue crack growth models and mechanisms, variable amplitude fatigue, corrosion fatigue and case studies of fracture and fatigue in structural, bioimplant, and microelectronic components.

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Subra Suresh. 3.35 Fracture and Fatigue. Fall 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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