http://imechanica.org/node/895 Comments for "Why I am taking Fracture Mechanics..." en http://imechanica.org/node/895#comment-5522 <p> <font size="2">i am MSc. Engineering by research student with mechancis.</font> </p> <p> <font size="2">my research works include. study of aero engine turbine disk for protential instabilty using ABAQUS, i have to perform analysis to simulate and predict the bursting phenomenon of disk for which i have to do elastic-plastic analysis and finally bursting of disk in which crack initiation and finally frature have to taken in to account.</font> </p> <p> <font size="2">so i was wondering if i have some tips regarding the Fracture mechanics particualy crack intiation phenomenon using Cohesive zone model techique from you.</font> </p> <p> <font size="2">thanks </font> </p> <p> <font size="2">prashant sharma</font> </p> <p> <font size="2"><a href="mailto:prashantsharma8@gmail.com">prashantsharma8@gmail.com</a></font> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <br class="clear" /> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:27:33 -0400 prashant sharma comment 5522 at http://imechanica.org http://imechanica.org/node/895 <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>My name is Jamilla Lutif. I am up to finish my Master in the Civil Engineering Department at UNL. <span>My BS degree is <span>also<span> <span>in Civil Engineering<span>, and I g<span>ot the <span>BS <span>degree at the Universidade federal do Ceara, in <span>Brazil</span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>I have taken </span></span><span><span>some solid mechanics course, such as Elasticity, Continuum Mechanics<span> and<span> Finite Element Methods.<span> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span>My strengt<span>h </span></span></span><span><span>would be that I already took some basic mechanics course</span></span><span><span>s</span></span><span><span>. </span></span><span><span>Civil engineering</span></span><span><span> students that do not hav<span>e many <span>solid<span> mechanics</span></span></span></span></span><span><span> background</span></span><span><span> could</span></span><span><span> really</span></span><span><span> get in trouble having fracture mechanics as <span>the first one!<span> A<span>lso, I had contact with exper<span>iments related to fracture <span>toughness, which<span> maybe can help me to understand the <span>physical<span> <span>mechanism<span>s better.<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span> </span>My weakness </span></span><span><span>would be <span>that <span>I have not<span> taken <span>any <span>plasticity<span> course</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span>. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>M<span>y research group<span> works basically with viscoelastic materials, manly <span>asphalt<span> materials<span>, und<span>er supervision of Dr Allen and D<span>r Kim<span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>I<span> intend to start my PhD in this summer, and I really want to go further in the <span>prediction of <span>asphalt pavements life, material selection, etc. So, for that, fracture mechanics is going to be an important course to understand <span>one of the<span> main <span>distresses<span> in asphalt pavements,<span> fatigue cracking<span>.<span> F<span>racture mechanics will contribute for my <span>education;<span> since I<span> have<span> never studied this subject deeply, a<span>nd I know that <span>fracture mechanics <span>have application in many, if not all, areas of the engineering.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <br class="clear" /> http://imechanica.org/node/895#comments ES 242r fracture mechanics Spring 2007 students Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:30:48 -0500 Jamilla E. S. Lutif 895 at http://imechanica.org