Content:

• phenomenology and mechanisms of fracture
• linear elastic fracture mechanics (crack tip fields, K-concept, energy balance, J-integral, small scale yielding)
• elastic plastic fracture mechanics (Dugdale model, HRR-field, J-controlled crack growth)
• dynamic fracture mechanics (dynamic loading, fast running cracks)
• damage mechanics (mechanisms of brittle and ductile damage, micromechanical and phenomenological models, softening and localization)

Competence Goal:

The students are able to apply the principles and methods of fracture mechanics as used for the analysis of structures containing cracks. They are familiar with the basic concepts of damage mechanics and its use in the modeling of complex material behavior. They can establish relationships between continuum mechanical descriptions and material specific aspects. 

Assessment: oral exam, 45 Min.

Prerequisites: none

Literature:

• Anderson, T.L.: Fracture Mechanics - Fundamentals and Application. CRC Press, 1995
• Gdoutos, E.E.: Fracture Mechanics - An Introduction. Kluwer Acad. Publ., 1993
• Gross, D., Seelig, Th: Fracrure Mechanics - With an Introduction of Micromechanics, Springer, 2016
• Krajcinovic, D.: Damage Mechanics. Elsevier, 1996
• Kuna, M.: Finite Elements in Fracture Mechanics. Springer, 2013
• Nemat-Nasser, S., Hori, M.: Micromechanics - Overall Properties of Heterogeneous Materials. North-Holland, 1993
• Sun, C.T., Jin, Z.-H.: Fracture Mechanics. Elsevier, 2012
• Zehnder, A.T.: Fracture Mechanics, Springer 2012