Course overview
- Course codeFTME165
- ECTS credits7.5
- DepartmentINDUSTRIAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
- LanguageEnglish
- ApplicationContact the course coordinator
Course coordinator
- Ragnar Larsson
- Head of Division, Material and Computational Mechanics, Industrial and Materials Science
About the course
The purpose of the course damage and fracture mechanics focused on composite is to give an overview of how to model and simulate problems involving material deterioration and fracture in composite laminates using finite element technology. To describe material and structural deterioration, the course focuses on typical failure mechanisms of composite laminates combined with generic concepts of continuum damage and fracture modeling based on the cohesive zone concept. Special models of damage and fracture related composites laminates are considered.
More information
Ragnar Larsson, ragnar.larsson@chalmers.se, 031-7725267
Literature
- Jean Lemaitre and Rodrigue Desmorat, Engineering Damage Mechanics: Ductile, Creep, Fatigue and Brittle Failures, Springer 2005. (Available as e-book at Chalmers library).
- Modeling of Localized Inelastic Deformation Lecture notes, Milan Jirasec.
- Lecture notes will be provided.
Lecturer
Ragnar Larsson, Department of applied mechanics