Course Catalog 2006-2007

TME-3306 FRACTURE MECHANICS AND FATIGUE, 6 cr
Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue

Courses persons responsible
Juhani Koski

Lecturers
Juhani Koski

Language of Instruction
Exercises, course literature and exam in English available.

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 4 h/week 4 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exercise 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
Student knows the effect of cracks in the behaviour of materials and able to analyse the problems of cracked steel structures.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Introduction to linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics. Derivation and application of different fracture parameters. Basic approaches for calculating fatique life of stressed components.       

Requirements for completing the course
Exercises, team work and a written examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Passed written examination or written intermediate examinations and accepted exercises.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Murtumismekaniikka Kari Ikonen ja Kari Kantola     2. painos. Otatieto, 1991. Yes  Finnish 
    Book Fracture Mechanics M., Janssen, J., Zuidema, R., Wanhill       No   

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TME-2100 TME-2100 Mechanics of Materials 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 47 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 53 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 67.5
    Exercises 60
    Assignments 32
    Total sum 159.5

    Correspondence of content
    TME-3300 Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byTapio Salmi