COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. Fracture mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics to calculate the driving force on a crack and those of experimental solid mechanics to characterize the materials resistance to fracture. The course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Fracture Mechanics. It covers the strength of materials approach to design against fracture; the S-N curve approach to design against fatigue failure; the linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM); the elastic-plastic fracture mechanics and fatigue crack; using crack growth analysis to define inspection in tervals; the crack closure and linear damage model for variable amplitude loading; the retardation and load interaction; and the environmental cracking. During this interactive course, participants will learn the linear elastic fracture mechanics; the weight function method for arbitrary stress gradients; the elastic-plastic applications; apply finite element analysis of components with cracks; the fracture mechanism in metals and alloys that includes ductile fracture; and the cleavage fracture, ductile-brittle transition region and intergranular fracture.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30