Lectures in course MSE-424: Fracture of materials

Reviews exercises on glass fracture mechanisms, including energy release rate, flaw size, and fiber reinforcement.

Covers the energy balance approach in fracture mechanics and its practical applications through experiments.

Covers the basics of fracture mechanics, including key concepts and historical examples.

Explores time-dependent fracture mechanics and creep in materials, including ductile-brittle transitions and pressure testing of pipes.

Covers a review of exercises related to fracture mechanics and the Weibull distribution.

Explores high-speed fracture testing and the importance of kinetic effects in fracture mechanics.

Covers stress intensity factors, crack opening modes, and thickness dependency in fracture mechanics.

Explores fracture mechanics of composite materials, discussing fiber characteristics, failure modes, and testing methods.

Covers fracture mechanics, stress intensity factor, rubber testing, and high-speed testing in materials.

Covers exercises on fracture of materials, statistical failure analysis, Weibull model, and microcrack size analysis.

Delves into the Weibull model for probabilistic fracture in brittle solids and its implications on material reliability.

Reviews exercises on fracture mechanics, emphasizing 2D plate calculations and plastic zone effects.

Explores crack tip plasticity in materials, emphasizing the importance of the plastic zone in crack resistance.

Explores elastic plastic fracture mechanics, energy balance for crack advance, 'R curve' analysis, and path independence of the J-integral.

Covers the review of exercises related to fracture of materials and estimating crack length.

Explores crack propagation, stability, cohesive zones, and fatigue crack growth in materials.

Delves into fracture mechanics, stress intensity factor, crack tip plasticity, and practical J testing for crack advance detection.

Reviews exercises on fracture mechanics, stress levels, crack extensions, and lifetime predictions.

Covers fracture mechanics basics, challenges in testing materials, and the Essential Work of Fracture method.

Explores the impact of rate effects on material toughness and the time-temperature equivalence in viscoelastic polymers.