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[ 479POMTPM3V12 ] VL Polymeric Materials 3: Polymer Mechanics and Fracture Mechanics
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3 ECTS M1 - Master's programme 1. year (*)Kunststofftechnik N.N. 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites 220KTKWPW1V23 Polymeric Materials 1 or equivalent
Original study plan Master's programme Polymer Engineering and Science (PES) 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
Understand and analyze the role of defects and cracks in the failure of polymeric materials and their implications for fracture mechanics.

Evaluate the applicability and limitations of different fracture mechanics concepts to various types of polymers under different loading conditions.

Develop problem-solving strategies for assessing and predicting the fracture behavior of polymeric materials in engineering applications.

Skills Knowledge
Apply fracture mechanics principles to analyze the failure behavior of polymeric materials under different stress conditions (static, cyclic, impact).(K3)

Evaluate experimental data related to fracture and fatigue in polymeric materials and assess its relevance to engineering applications. (K5)

Select appropriate fracture mechanics tools to evaluate crack propagation and predict material failure in practical scenarios.(K4)

The importance of fracture mechanics based on the history of failures of materials in structural applications in general, along with the principal attributes and common features of these failures

Basic concepts of fracture mechanics and the “Fracture Mechanics Tool-Box”

Fracture and Fatigue of Polymeric Materials in terms of fracture mechanics

Applicability and application of fracture mechanics concepts to polymers (macroscopic view) under dynamic (high-rate/impact), monotonic (moderate rate), static (creep) and cyclic (fatigue) loading

Plastic deformation at crack tips in plastics (a microscopic view)

Molecular aspects of crack growth in polymers (a molecular view)

Criteria for evaluation Written exam (option for an additional oral exam to improve grade of a positive written exam).
Methods Lectures by course leader/instructor; interactive discussions and reflections.
Language English
Study material Primarily lecture handouts (pdf of ppt-slides); recommended literature (books) for support.
Changing subject? No
Further information Lecture dates/times as scheduled.

Overall scope and aims include: (1) addressing and highlighting the importance of the subject matter in terms of the role of defects and cracks in governing failure of engineering materials and structures, which initiated the scientific and engineering development of fracture mechanics as an academic discipline, (2) to develop a good understanding for the need of various fracture mechanics concepts for plastics due their inherent viscoelastic/-plastic nature with mechanical properties depending on loading rate, time and temperature, and (3) to ascertain a sound knowledge base and foster a good understanding of the applicability and limitations of various fracture mechanics concepts to plastics, depending on their failure behavior (brittle vs. ductile to various degrees), and on the type of loading (dynamic/monotonic, static, cyclic) as well as other loading conditions (i.e., specific loading parameters and environmental conditions).

Corresponding lecture 480ADPTPM2V10: VL Polymeric Materials 2 (3 ECTS) or
480ADPTPM3V11: VL Polymeric Materials 3: Polymer Mechanics and Fracture Mechanics (3 ECTS)
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment