Fracture of Engineering Materials

MEG 795

Dr. Ajit Roy

Phone No: (702) 895-1463

Fax No: (702) 895-1375

This advanced-level graduate course will be focused on the fundamental aspects of stress-strain relationships during elastic and plastic deformation of metallic materials and alloys; detailed overview of linear elastic, and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics including Griffith’s cracking theory and its modifications, stress analyses of cracks, plastic zone size estimation, fracture toughness measurements, and ductile-to-brittle transition related to metallurgical failures.  In addition, mechanisms of fatigue failures and environment-assisted cracking, and the relevant test methods will be covered in depth.  Finally, metallographic and fractographic evaluations using state-of-the-art techniques will also be discussed.

Required Text:  “Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials,” by R.W. Hertzberg, Fourth Edition, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Tuesday / Thursday 1:00 - 2:15