fracture mechanics

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fracture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.tʃər/us
/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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mechanic
noun
uk
/məˈkæn.ɪk/us
/məˈkæn.ɪk/
someone whose job is repairing the engines of vehicles and ...
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Besides teaching undergraduate and graduate design-related classes, she conducts research on weld fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, and applied finite element analysis.
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His research and published papers to date have been in the field of fracture mechanics, stress corrosion, neural network, optimum design, and vehicle engineering.
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The dependence of the energy functional on the crack length is important in the fracture mechanics.
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Fracture mechanics as a subject for critical study has barely been around for a century and thus is relatively new.
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Linear-elastic fracture mechanics is of limited practical use for structural steels for another more practical reason.
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He has very successful research programs in fracture mechanics, fatigue and manufacturing engineering.
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Similitude is a term used widely in fracture mechanics relating to the strain life approach.
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The size effect on structural strength was recognized but was incorrectly attributed to material randomness and fracture mechanics was thought to be inapplicable.
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This theory is also the basis of much of fracture mechanics.
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Fractography is widely used with fracture mechanics to understand the causes of failures and also verify the theoretical failure predictions with real life failures.
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The model of the structural fracture mechanics is similar to the cusp catastrophe behavior.
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Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements.
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As such, it is the most popular "fatigue crack growth model" used in materials science and fracture mechanics.
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Fracture mechanics uses pre-cracked specimens, effectively measuring crack-propagation behavior.
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Rupture propagation is generally modeled using a fracture mechanics approach, likening the rupture to a propagating mixed mode shear crack.
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The issues of intersonic and supersonic fracture become the frontier of dynamic fracture mechanics.
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Fracture mechanics follows one of two design principles: either fail-safe or safe-life.
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Major applications of fracture mechanics design are material selection, effect of defects, failure analysis and control/monitoring of components.
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Fracture mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the formation and subsequent propagation of microcracks in materials.
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