MAT501: Failure of Solids for 2011/12

Organiser: Dr Andy Bushby
Deputy Organiser: Prof Mike Reece
Credits: 15

Description

The physics of fracture and fracture mechanics. Application of fracture mechanics to engineering applications. Influence of temperature on the mechanical properties of materials. High temperature deformation by dislocation movement and by diffusion. Practical aspects of creep deformation. Failure of materials under cyclic loading. Theories of fatigue. Practical aspects of fatigue in engineering materials.