308.120 Fracture Mechanics
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2025S, LU, 2.0h, 2.0EC

Properties

Semester hours: 2.0
Credits: 2.0
Type: LU Laboratory Exercise
Format: Online

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the most relevant mechanisms which occur during fracture mechanical failure of metallic and polymeric materials.Additionally, the students know the most relevant methods and standards for the fracture mechanical and fractographic evauation of samples.

Subject of course

Fracture Mechanical Testing Methods: K_Ic-Test, Essential Work of Fracture (EWF), Testing of Adhesives, Indentation Fracture Mechanics, Quantitative Fracture Surface Analysis Possibilities and Limits of the different methods

Teaching methods

(1) Introduction into theoretical concepts of fracture mechanics

(2) practical investigations with metalic and composite materials

(3) fractography using scanning electron microscopy

Mode of examination

Immanent

Additional information

Termine im SS 2023: 4 practical experiments: K_Ic; SEM; indentation fracture mechanics, fibre composites

Lecturers

Institute

E308 Institute of Materials Science and Technology

Course dates

Day	Time	Date	Location	Description
Tue	13:00 - 14:00	04.03.2025	GM 8/9 - Hörsaal des Internationalen Wiener Motorensymposiums	preliminary meeting

Examination modalities

Each group submits four reports prepared by the group

Group dates

Group	Day	Time	Date	Location	Description
Gruppe 1	Mon	09:00 - 12:00	05.05.2025	Meeting point Seminarraum BE 4. Stock	Introduction, AFM experiment Group 1
Gruppe 1	Mon	09:00 - 12:00	26.05.2025	Lab Getreidemarkt	SEM group 1
Gruppe 1	Mon	09:00 - 12:00	09.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF 02 C17	Indentation fracture mechanics, group 1
Gruppe 1	Mon	09:00 - 12:00	23.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF EG G12	CFRP, group 1
Gruppe 2	Mon	13:00 - 16:00	05.05.2025	Meeting point Seminarraum BE 4. Stock	Introduction, AFM experiment Group 2
Gruppe 2	Mon	13:00 - 16:00	26.05.2025	Lab Getreidemarkt	SEM group 2
Gruppe 2	Mon	13:00 - 16:00	09.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF 02 C17	Indentation Fracture Mechanics, group 2
Gruppe 2	Mon	13:00 - 16:00	23.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF EG G12	CFRP, group 2
Gruppe 3	Tue	09:00 - 12:00	06.05.2025	Meeting point Seminarraum BE 4. Stock	Introduction, AFM experiment Group 3
Gruppe 3	Tue	09:00 - 12:00	27.05.2025	Lab Getreidemarkt	SEM group 3
Gruppe 3	Tue	09:00 - 12:00	10.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF 02 C17	Indentation fracture mechanics, group 3
Gruppe 3	Tue	09:00 - 12:00	24.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF EG G12	CFRP, group 3
Gruppe 4	Tue	13:00 - 16:00	06.05.2025	Meeting point Seminarraum BE 4. Stock	Introduction, AFM experiment Group 4
Gruppe 4	Tue	13:00 - 16:00	27.05.2025	Lab Getreidemarkt	SEM group 4
Gruppe 4	Tue	13:00 - 16:00	10.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF 02 C17	Indentation fracture mechanics, group 4
Gruppe 4	Tue	13:00 - 16:00	24.06.2025	Getreidemarkt, BF EG G12	CFRP, group 4

Course registration

Begin	End	Deregistration end
05.03.2025 12:00	07.04.2025 16:00	17.04.2025 23:00

Registration modalities

Group Registration

Group	Registration From	To
Gruppe 1	05.03.2025 12:00	19.03.2025 10:00
Gruppe 2	05.03.2025 12:00	19.03.2025 10:00
Gruppe 3	05.03.2025 12:00	19.03.2025 10:00
Gruppe 4	05.03.2025 12:00	19.03.2025 12:00

Curricula

Study Code	Obligation	Precon.
066 434 Materials Sciences	Not specified
066 445 Mechanical Engineering	Mandatory elective	Course requires the completion of the introductory and orientation phase
066 453 Biomedical Engineering	Not specified
066 482 Mechanical Engineering - Management	Mandatory elective	Course requires the completion of the introductory and orientation phase
066 658 Chemie und Technologie der Materialien	Mandatory elective

Literature

Handouts available.

Language

German