EMA 6715 Brittle Fracture in Materials

Hookes'Law Demo

Stress & Strain

Bulk & Young's Modulus

Example of In-class Examination

Example of Take Home Examination

Transformation Toughening and Crack Bridging

Transformation Toughening in T-ZrO2

Toughening by Residual Stress

Toughening in Biomaterials

Toughening in Si3N4

Stress Corrosion Processes

Mould and Southwick Article

Fractography and Fracture Surface Analysis

Effect of Grinding on Strength of Glass

Weibull effective volumes for Rods

Bansal Flaw Shape

Hertzian Contact in Alumina

SCG in SLS Glass - Indentation

Mixed Mode Fractography

Thermal Stress and Thermal Shock

Introduction to Fractal Geometry and Fracture

Applications of Fractal Fracture

Strength-Flaw Size (Bansal-Duckworth)

Strength-Grain Size Relations (Models)

Strength - Grain Size Relations (Data)

Mirror Boundary Formation (Kirchner and Kirchner)

Global Residual Stress - Fractograohic Analysis

Prediction of Fracture Energy Using Fractographic Analysis

Return To: