Topics covered in Fracture Mechanics:
- Linear Fracture Mechanics
- Basic equations of 2-D linear elasticity
- Asymptotic solution
- Energy Method
- Relation between G and K
- Fracture criterion
- J-Integral
- Stability and crack growth
- Compliance method
- Unstable growth of tension cracks in brittle solids
- Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
- The size of plastic zone
- Dugdale model
- Applications of J-integral
- Shape of plastic zone
- The plastic constraint factor
- Use of J-integral in nonlinear range
- Perfectly plastic materials
- J-controlled crack growth
- Cohesive zone
- Fatigue
