Fracture and Fatigue OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Graduate Course on Material Fracture Mechanics
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston shares many of the materials from its 'Fracture and Fatigue' engineering course with the public through a free OpenCourseWare presentation. This course examines elastic-plastic and linear elastic fracture mechanics. The online version of the class might be useful to engineers seeking advanced education on this subject for their work or to graduate students in engineering programs related to Materials Science or Metallurgy.
Fracture and Fatigue: Course Specifics
| Degree Level | Free | Audio | Video | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Lectures/Notes | Study Materials | Tests/Quizzes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | No |
Fracture and Fatigue: Course Description
The 'Fracture and Fatigue' class is found on the course list in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and is an elective open to students in the Doctorate in Material Science and Engineering (DMSE). Microscopic structural effects on breaking or fracture in polymers, metals, ceramics, biological materials and composites are addressed in this course. The course also studies resistance to crack growth, toughening mechanisms, creep fracture, interface or boundary fracture mechanics and case studies of fatigue and fracture in microelectronic, bioimplant and structural components. Professor Subra Suresh, Dean of the School of Engineering and the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT, is the instructor for the original course. Profession Suresh authored the text for the course, Fatigue of Materials. The course is presented in a lecture format.
Materials offered with the 'Fracture and Fatigue' OpenCourseWare include four sets of lecture notes, seven problem sets with solutions and three study material files that are available for download as well as a reading list. If this course piques your fancy, then visit the material science course page.
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