Fracture Contract for Jireh J. Yue
Jireh J. Yue's Fracture Contract
Personal Contract for Fracture HomePage project (MSE 2094)
Energy Theorems that are related to fracture
1. Griffith-Orowan-Irwin Concept
2. Elastic Energy (Specific Potential) Model
3. Strain Energy (based on crack tip modeling)
4. Clapyron's Theorem
The following of each will be provided for each theorem or model
1. Introduction and Background
- a. "historical introduction including the scientists and their research"
- b. basic concepts
2. Definition and Parameters
- a. definition of the formula
- b. variables invovled in the formula
3. mathematical formula and basic formulation
- a. basic derivation of formula
- b. variable explanations
4. applicable graphs and pictures
- * Note that particular pictures will be specified as I do more research in this topic.
5. Additional Topics
- - Process of fracture and its two major stages and its relation to energy methods (Parton Pg. 75)
- - energy criterion for crack growth (Broek Pg. 119)
- - energy release rate (Freund Pg. 223)
- - relationship between energy release rate and the crack tip intensity factor (Freund Pg. 223)
***Contents of the material may be subject to change as the project evolved. If you have any questions please contact me.