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FRACTURE MECHANICS

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      • 1. Energy Concepts and Analysis of Failure
• §         Energy Methods
• §         Fatigue
• §         Stress Concentration
• §         Stress Intensity
• §         Hooke’s law
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      • 2. Experiments in Fracture
• §         Brittle Fracture
• §         Fatigue
• §         Ductile Fracture
• §         Fracture Toughness
• §         Fractography
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      • 3. Numerical Approach - Finite Element Analysis
• §         Theory
• §         Simple Computer Program
• §         Numerical Examples of Fracture
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      • 4. Summary
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      • 5. Problems