Education

The slides and notes on this page provide background education on some of the following topics:

	Why do things crack?
	What's a stress intensity factor?
	What's fracture mechanics?
	What's computational fracture mechanics?
	What are finite and boundary elements?
	What is fatigue?
	Why do we model crack propagation?
	How do we simulate crack growth?

Recent book chapters:

Ingraffea, A. R., Wawrzynek, P. A., "Finite Element Methods for Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics", Chapter 3.1 in Comprehensive Structural Integrity, R. de Borst and H. Mang (eds), Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, England, 2003.

Introduction

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Section 3

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Section 4

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Section 5

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Section 6

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Section 7

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Section 9

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Ingraffea, A. R. "Computational Fracture Mechanics," Encyclopedia of Computational Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons , to appear (2004).

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Class Notes: Cornell University, CEE 770, Fall 2007

The following notes were used by Prof. Ingraffea to teach his graduate course, "Engineering Fracture Mechanics", Fall 2007:

Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 2: LEFM Review

Lecture 3: 2D 1/4-Point Element

Lecture 4: Extracting SIFs

Lecture 5: Limit to LEFM

Lecture 6: 2D Crack Interaction

Lecture 7: Energy Release Rate

Lecture 8: Fatigue

Lecture 9: NLFM & CTOA

Lecture 10: Cohesive Fracture

Lecture 11: Experiments

Extra: 3D Crack Growth

Instructor's Notes (the Assignments have been updated to 2007):

Course Syllabus

Software and Hardware

Publication List

Classical References

FRANC2D Tutorial

Assignments