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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? |
| Development of
Shale Gas |
Recent book chapters:
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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.
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Ingraffea A R. Computational Fracture Mechanics. Volume 2, Chapter 11,
Encyclopedia of Computational Mechanics, E. Stein, R. de Borst, T. Hughes
(eds.) John Wiley and Sons, 2004, 2nd Edition 2008.
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Class Notes: Cornell University, CEE 7700 (2011)
The following notes were used by Prof. Ingraffea to teach his graduate
course, "Engineering Fracture Mechanics":
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