TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Ömer Faruk Elaldı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 2) An ability to understand importance of applications of fracture mechanics principles in failure analysis
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Stress analysis of cracked components, applications of linear elastic fracture mechanics, determination of fracture toughness by experiments, micro structural aspects of fracture mechanics, fracture approximation beyond linear elastic limit, transition temperature approximation, translation of crack space, J-integral, fatigue crack formation and propagation, stress corrosion cracking
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Importance of Fracture Mechanics, Griffith Theory 2nd Week Solutions for various crack problems and generalized Westergaard method 3rd Week Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) 4th Week Small Scale Yielding 5th Week Fracture Toughness testing 6th Week Micro structural Aspects of Fracture Toughness 7th Week Examination 8th Week Ductile-Brittle Transition Temperature 9th Week Non-Linear Fracture Mechanics 10th Week Fatigue Crack Propagation 11th Week Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) and Corrosion Fatigue 12th Week Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) and Corrosion Fatigue 13th Week General Practice in Failure Analysis 14th Week General Practice in Failure Analysis
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	R. J. SENFORD, Principles of Fracture Mechanics, Prentice Hall. R.W. HERTZBERG, Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, Wiley and Sons. T.L. ANDERSON, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press. D. BROEK, Elemetary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Kluwer Academic Publisher. A. SHUKLA, 2005, Practical Fracture Mechanics in Design, Marcel Dekker, New York, USA M.F. KANNINEN and C.H. POPELAR, 1985, Advanced Fracture Mechanics, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Project 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 6 84 Preparation for Final exam 14 6 84 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 7 4,5 31,5 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 1 10 10 Term Project Research 1 30 30 Total Workload 287,5 Total Workload / 30 9,58 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No