Module II:

Fracture Toughness and Fatigue and Engineering Materials

Lesson 1: Impact Testing

Lesson 2: Destructive Testing

Lesson 3: Fatigue Testing

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MODULE 2

Fracture Toughness and Fatigue and Engineering Materials

 INTRODUCTION
The analysis of fractures of machine parts and structures has revealed
that in most cases, their fracture is due to material fatigue, which is known
to be responsible for the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in the
course of cyclic loading. Such cracks ultimately lead to complete failure of a
component. In the literature, there are many reported investigations
related to the fatigue crack development.
The peculiarities of the fatigue crack growth at the stage preceding
final fracture are the least studied. Knowledge of this behaviour is of
particular importance when final fracture of a component is by a brittle
mode and with a fatigue crack of small size. In this case, an important
characteristic is the fatigue fracture toughness, which is determined
directly under cyclic loading.

OBJECTIVES

After studying the module, you should be able to:

1. Identify different material testing equipment, importance and usage

when it comes to fracture toughness and fatigue.

 DIRECTIONS/ MODULE ORGANIZER

There are three lessons in the module. Have a research each lesson
and to find out how much you have benefited from it. Work on these
researches carefully and submit your output to your subject instructor
through hard and/or softcopies where it is applicable.
In case you encounter difficulty, discuss this with your subject
instructor during the face-to-face meeting. If not contact your subject
instructor at the COE Faculty room or through online platforms.
Good luck and happy reading!!!

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Module 2

 Fracture Toughness and

Fatigue and Engineering
Materials

 RESEARCH ACTIVITY

1. Make a research on related articles / journals the following

lessons within five years published. Discuss brief history, importance
and usage on each lessons;
Lesson 1: Impact Testing
Lesson 2: Destructive Testing
Lesson 3: Fatigue Testing

2. Format of the reseach consist of the following;

I. Title Page
II. Objective
III. Introduction
IV. Literature review
V. Discussion importance, usage and
VI. Summary and Conclusions
VII. References
3. Minimum of 10 pages per lesson and hand written research in a
legal size. Copying is not allowed. Send pdf file to our google
classroom.

 MODULE SUMMARY

In module, you have learned about the different material test,

material testing equipment’s, importance and usage.
Congratulations! You have just studied Module 1. Good Luck!!!

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Rubric for a 50-point item

Criteria Description Points

Title
Your Name, Teacher’s Name,
Title page Course Period, 5
Date, neatly finished-no
errors
Literature The literature reviews present related researches that
5
Review lead to the GAP of the study
Objective Objectives of the study are relevant 5
The Intro presents an established background, current
issue regarding the topic and concrete details of the key
Introduction elements of the topic. The introduction is engaging, 10
states the main topic and previews the structure of the
paper.
A discussion that explains and clarifies the results is
Content presented. Each paragraph has thoughtful supporting 10
detail sentences that develop the main idea.
A written reflection on lessons learned and insights
Conclusion 5
drawn from the research is clearly presented
Paper is the number of pages specified in the
Length 5
assignment.

Quality of Done in the correct format with no errors. Includes more

5
References than 5 or more major references.

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