This course is designed to give a deep
understanding of fatigue and fracture of metals. The mechanism of fatigue will
be explored and discussed. The various methods of design against fatigue will
be presented. Different approaches of life estimation of parts subjected to
fatigue loading will be detailed. Principles of fracture mechanics (FM) and how
FM can be used to estimate the life of crack growth will be a major part of
this course. Important techniques of fatigue life improvement will be demonstrated.
Further examples and discussion will conclude the course.
Target audience
All students, researchers and engineers
involved in design, stress analysis, operation, assessment of remaining life of
components, working in different sectors of manufacturing, aerospace,
automobile, energy, oil & gas, offshore and inshore structures who need to
learn or improve their knowledge about fatigue and fracture and failure
analysis will find great benefit from this highly instructive course.
Topics
Introduction, Fatigue mechanism, Fatigue
Cracks (initiation, Propagation), Fatigue design criteria, Fatigue design
approaches, Cyclic behaviour of materials, Stress/ strain Life Approach,
Factors Affecting Fatigue Life, Effect of Mean Stress on Fatigue Life, Notches
and their effects, Residual Stress and fatigue life, Linear Elastic Fracture
Mechanics (LEFM), Stress Intensity Factor, crack tip plasticity, Cyclic Plastic
Zone, Fracture Toughness, Fatigue Crack Growth, Crack Length Measurement
Methods, Fatigue life prediction, Variable amplitude loading.
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