Short Courses

Two courses are offered. The Basic Course covers the fundamentals of fracture, stress- and strain-life, notches and stress concentrations and Variable Amplitude Fatigue. The Advanced Course covers topics such as multiaxial fatigue, advanced fracture mechanics, fatigue of weldments, and high temperature fatigue. In both courses we assume that the participant has a basic background in engineering mechanics and materials. We attempt to explain why certain models work for one problem and not the other. The focus of the short courses involve metallic materials.

These courses are available on-line in the Downloads section.

FATIGUE AND FRACTURE (BASIC COURSE)
DAY 1
10:00 – 12:00 FAILURE MODES
1:00 – 2:30 P.M. STATIC STRENGTH AND FRACTURE
3:00 – 4:00 FATIGUE, HOW AND WHY
DAY 2
8:30 – 11:30 FACTORS INFLUENCING FATIGUE
1:00 – 3:00 FATIGUE OF MECHANICAL COMPONENTS
FATIGUE AND FRACTURE (ADVANCED COURSE)
DAY 1
8:30 – 9:30 FREQUENCY BASED FATIGUE
9:30 – 10:30 NOTCHES
10:30 – 12:00 SEQUENCE EFFECTS IN FATIGUE AND FRACTURE
1:15 – 4:30 MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE
DAY 2
8:30 – 10:30 HIGH TEMPERATURE AND THERMO-MECHANICAL FATIGUE (TMF)
10:30 – 1:00 PROBABILISTIC METHODS IN FATIGUE