The exact date will be announced later

Course objectives
After completing the course, the student must have:

• Knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon of fracture growth;
• Mechanisms, testing, modeling and simulation
• Skills and ability to perform simpler hand calculations as well as numerical Finita Element calculations for crack growth dimensioning
• Valuation ability and developed approach to fracture growth

Content

• Linear Elastic Crash Mechanics / Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)
• Elastoplastic Crash Mechanics / Elasto-Plastic Fracture Mechanics (EPFM)
• Crime Mechanisms and Violence Testing / Fracture Mechanisms and Fracture Toughness

Testing

• Applications on structures / Application to structures
• Fatigue cracking / Fatigue crack propagation
• Fatigue testing and environmental impact / Fatigue testing and environmental effects
• Calculation Technique / Computational Fracture Mechanics