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1
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What is a simple fracture

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The separation of a body into two or more pieces

2
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Ductile fracture

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  • slow crack
  • fails with warning
  • significant plastic deformation
3
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Brittle fracture

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  • Rapid crack
  • little or no plastic deformation
  • fails without warning
4
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cup and cone fracture vs brittle fracture

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5
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examples of ductile and brittle fractures

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6
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5 stages of a moderately ductile failure

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necking, void nucleation, void growth, crack propagation, fracture

7
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principles of fracture mechanics

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8
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fracture mechanics formula

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9
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fracture mechanics, stress concentration formula

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10
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what is crack propagation

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a stepwise discontinuous process, which agrees with propagation observed in the field

11
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crack propagation and its criteria

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12
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what is fracture toughness

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the measure of a material’s resistance to brittle fracture when a crack is present

13
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fracture toughness formula

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14
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plane fracture toughness

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15
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What is the difference between fracture toughness and plane strain fracture toughness?

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What is the difference between fracture toughness and plane strain fracture toughness?

They are different terms. Toughness is the ability of a material (assumed to be perfect, meaning no cracks) to absorb energy to fracture. It is measured by the area under the stress-strain curve to the point of fracture. Fracture Toughness is the ability of material with pre-cracks to resist fracture by absorbing energy

16
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fracture toughness ranges between

metal alloys

ceramics

polymers

composite fibers

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17
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design against fracture formula and scenarios

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18
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design example aircraft wing

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19
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* quick reference *

Example of brittle fracture of ductile materials

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20
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What is an impact test on ductile materials

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the amount of energy absorbed by a material during fracture.

21
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what influence does T (temp) have on impact energy

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22
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what is fatigue failure

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is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading. Once a fatigue crack has initiated, it grows a small amount with each loading cycle, typically producing striations on some parts of the fracture surface.

23
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*quick reference *

Fatigue Failure

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24
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two types of fatigue behavior

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two types of fatigue behavior

Fatigue limit - the highest stress that a material can withstand for an infinite number of cycles without breaking —called also endurance

Fatigue life is defined as the number of cycles that lead to the failure of a structural system

25
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* quick reference *

Fatigue behavior

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26
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what are the general techniques for improving fatigue life

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1) reducing the magnitude of mean stress
2) surface treatments
3) design changes

27
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* Improving Fatigue Life *

1) reducing the magnitude of mean stress

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28
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* Improving Fatigue Life *

2) surface treatments

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29
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* Improving Fatigue Life *

3) design changes

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30
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define creep

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(sometimes called cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently under the influence of persistent mechanical stresses.

31
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3 stages of creep

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32
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steady-state creep rate formula

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33
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prediction of creep rupture lifetime

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34
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Summary of this chapter

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