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| INSL7321 | Fracture Mechanics of Concrete | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Objectives of this course are to give the behavior of fracture of concrete |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Learn the basic principles of fracture mechanics | 1,3,4,5,8,9,10,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | To define the crack mechanism | | | | PO - 3 : | To learn the theory of elastic and plastic fracture mechanics | | | | PO - 4 : | Calculate the fracture toughness | | | | PO - 5 : | Try to learn the fracture toughness | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, Fracture mechanics, load types, historical development of fracture mechanics, stress concentrations, relationship 0f stress-strain, Griffith theory, linear elastic fracture mechanics, energy balance approach, crack propagation, fracture modes, elasto-plastic fracture mechanics, crack tip plastic zone, fracture mechanism of concrete, fracture toughness, crack propagation mechanisms, application: fracture mechanics of concrete |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General information on fracture mechanics | | | Week 2 | linear elastic fracture mechanics | | | Week 3 | linear elastic fracture mechanics | | | Week 4 | fracture mechanics | | | Week 5 | elasto-plastic fracture mechanics | | | Week 6 | elasto-plastic fracture mechanics | | | Week 7 | Fracture toughness tests | | | Week 8 | Fracture toughness tests | | | Week 9 | Exam | | | Week 10 | Fracture toughness tests | | | Week 11 | Crack propagation mechanisms | | | Week 12 | Crack propagation mechanisms | | | Week 13 | Fracture types | | | Week 14 | application: fracture mechanics of concrete | | | Week 15 | application: fracture mechanics of concrete | | | |
| 1 | Anderson, T.L., 1995, Fracture Mechanics, Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, Florida | | | |
| 1 | Yayla, P., 2007, Kırılma Mekaniği, ÇAğlayan Kitabevi, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 10 | | 4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 15 | 3 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 15 | 120 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 24 | 4 | 96 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 297 |
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