Lecture Notes
1. Introduction, Fundamentals of fracture – definitions, Fracture modes, Ductile fracture
2. Brittle Fracture, Cleavage and intergranular fractures
3. Fracture mechanics, Stress concentration, the Griffith criterion, Fracture toughness
4. Fracture mechanics (contd.)
6. Impact fracture testing, The ductile-to-brittle transition
7. The ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT), Metallurgical factors affecting the DBTT
8. Fatigue, the Wöhler curve, Fatigue probability curves
9. Crack initiation and crack propagation in fatigue
10. Beachmarks and striations, the Paris-Erdogan equation
11. Environmental factors affecting fatigue, Design against fatigue
12. Creep, Steady-state creep, Effects of stress and temperature on creep
13. Creep mechanisms, Linear-viscous creep, Power-law creep
14. Diffusion and Dislocation creep, the Larson-Miller parameter, High temperature alloys