Lecture 18--Aspects of dynamic fracture
A very breif introduction to aspects of dynamic fracture mechanics.
fracture mechanics
lecture 17. Introduction to Computational Ductile Fracture
An overview of several approaches to computational fracture mechanics for ductile structural metals.
Lecture 16 Corner singularity and applications
In this lecture I'll describe a recent PhD Thesis by Zhen Zhang.
Lecture 15 Ratcheting induced slow crack (RISC)
- Slides are attached.
- Reading material: Section 4 of Z. Suo, " Reliability of interconnect structures." pp. 265-324 in Volume 8: Interfacial and Nanoscale Failure (W.
Homework problems 20-25, Fracture Mechanics
This set is related to buckle-driven delamination, crack bridging, and interfacial cracks.
Lectures 14 & 16; Matrix cracking, cracks intersecting an interface, and crack kinking
Matrix cracking in composites and the competition between penetration and deflection when a crack approaches an interface, and the competition between advance in the interface and kinking out of the interface for an interface crack.
Lecture 13 Crack bridging
G. Bao and Z. Suo, " Remarks on crack-bridging concepts," Applied Mechanics Review. 45, 355-366 (1992).
Locating Journal Article
I was working on the problem set for and on question 16 and 17 refers to a paper by Charalmbides, Lund, Evans and McMeeking entitled
"A Test Specimen for Determining the Fracture Resistance of Bimaterial Interfaces." (1989)
Course announcement: "Fracture Mechanics & Complexity Sciences"
Enclosed please find the announcement of a Short Course on FRACTURE MECHANICS & COMPLEXITY SCIENCES taught by Alberto Carpinteri at the University of Pisa (Italy) on April 11-13, 2007.
On the crack growth resistance of shape memory alloys
With the increasing use of shape memory alloys in recent years, it is important to investigate the effect of cracks. Theoretically, the stress field near the crack tip is unbounded. Hence, a stress-induced transformation occurs, and the martensite phase is expected to appear in the neighborhood of the crack tip, from the very first loading step. In that case, the crack tip region is not governed by the far field stress, but rather by the crack tip stress field. This behavior implies transformation toughening or softening.