Singular Fields at a Stationary crack tip, stress intensity factors for simple modes of loading, Weight Function Theory, Elastic Bimaterials Crack Tip Analysis. Energetics of Crack Propagation, path Independent Integrals in crack analysis, J integral and its applications, cracks in viscoelastic media, Dugdale Model. Micromechanics of Fracture, Fracture at Elevated Temperature in Metals and Ceramics, Fracture in Cyclic Deformation, Fracture in Composites, Fracture in Polymers, Mechanisms of Toughening Brittle solids.
- Teacher: kramesh RAMESH K