Objectives of the course

• Comprehension of the physical phenomena of damage and its mathematical descriptions
• Ability to do life time estimations within the crack initiation and the crack propagation phase
• Ability to comprehend all stages of creep and fatigue damage: crack nucleation, growth of short and long cracks and final fracture
• Capability to perform life time estimations for the crack initiation and the crack propagation stage taking into account various factors influencing fatigue life (load histories, shape and state of the components under consideration, material, environmental aspects, etc.)

Recommended preliminary requirements

• Basic knowledge of solid mechanics and material sciences
• Basic knowledge of FEM

• Lecturer: Christian Krä
• Lecturer: Michael Vormwald