Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAAE)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
MAAE 4102 [0.5 credit]
Materials: Strength & Fracture
Analysis and prevention of failures in metals and composite materials; plasticity analysis and plastic collapse; micro-mechanisms of fracture, conditions leading to crack growth and transition temperature effects, fracture mechanics, fatigue, environmentally assisted cracking, non-destructive evaluation and testing. Mechanical properties of structural composites.
Prerequisite:
MAAE 2700.
Lectures three hours a week.