- L. Vergani, Meccanica dei materiali, McGraw-Hill.
- T. L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Taylor and Francis.
- G. E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill.
- D. Broek, Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Nijhoff.
Prerequisites
Basic notions about Mechanics of Materials and Machine Design.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
a) Mechanics of Material
b) Fatigue in metals
- High cycle fatigue (HCF)
- Low cycle fatigue (LCF)
c) Fracture mechanics
- Linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM)
- Elasto-plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM)
d) Crack propagation due to fatigue
e) Crack acceptability according to Standard
- British Standard
- ASME