Matthew E. McMurtry
MSE 2094
February 27, 1997
Group: Experimental
Topic: K1c, Fracture Toughness
Topic to be Covered:
- Definition of fracture toughness
- Definition of K1c, the plane strain fracture toughness
- Mathematical determination of K1c
- Examples of experiments used to determine K1c
- Comparison of fracture toughness for different type of materials
- Explain usefulness and accuracy of K1c
- The effect of grain size, thickness, and crack size and location on K1c
Format of presentation:
- Typed paper of at least 1.5 pages long (most likely longer)
- Several equations and graphs must be presented
- Possible MPEG movie (if wanted) of K1c test (sample failing under tension in a universal testing machine).
References:
- Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction. 3rd Edition, William D. Callister, Jr., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994.
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Norman E. Dowling, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993.
- Lab manual for ESM 3060
- Others to be added at a later date.
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