Course Name: Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Course abstract

The course covers the basic aspects of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. Spectacular failures that triggered the birth of fracture mechanics, Modes of loading, Classification as LEFM and EPFM, Crack growth and fracture mechanisms, Energy release rate, Resistance, Griffith Theory of fracture, Extension of Griffith Theory by Irwin and Orowan, R-Curve, Pop-in phenomena, Crack branching. Necessary and sufficient conditions for fracture, Stress and Displacement fields in the very near and near-tip fields, Westergaard, Williams and Generalised Westergaard solutions, Influence of the T-stress and higher order terms, Role of photoelasticity on the development of stress field equations in fracture mechanics, Equivalence between SIF and G, Various methods for evaluating Stress Intensity Factors, Modeling plastic zone at the crack-tip, Irwin and Dugdale models, Fracture toughness testing, Feddersos residual strength diagram, Paris law, J-integral, HRR field, Mixed-mode fracture, Crack arrest methodologies.


Course Instructor

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Prof. K.Ramesh

Prof. K. Ramesh is currently a Senior Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics,IIT Madras; as its Chairman during (2005-2009) and formerly a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Trichy (now NIT, Trichy), Postgraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Doctoral Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.


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Teaching Assistant(s)

A. Vivekanandan

P.hD

SACHIN SASIKUMAR

P.hD

 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2019

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019

 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 30-Sep-2019

 Exam Date : 16-Nov-2019, 16-Nov-2019

Enrolled

1089

Registered

115

Certificate Eligible

47

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

4

Elite

15

Successfully completed

27

Participation

41

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics - Toppers list

BALAJI KOPPARTY 92%

ATKINS AEROSPACE

DR. CHAITANYA K. DESAI 85%

C. K. PITHAWALA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1089

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 115

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