USN 06ME832

Eighth Semester B.E. Degree Examination, June

2012

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:

100

PART
A
b. What is fracture mechanics? Explain different types of fracture mechanics.
(lie
Marks) Explain different types of fracture mode shapes. (06
2 . Merhsj
b. Explain Griffith theory of fracture. (oa
lurks)

Explain an atomic view of a fracture. (10

Mrks) The fracture toughness samples of an aluminium alloy have identical
external dimensions and a thickness of 25 mm. During three tests on the
samples the following information was obtained.
Test Sample crack Applied load Sample elongationfmm)
1 length(mm)
20 kNfP)
185 sample fractured
2 19.5 120 0.260
3 a. 3 20.5 120 0.263
b. The E and v values for aluminium are 70 GPa and 0.3 respectively.
Calculate fracture
toughness of the material. (to
4 a. Marhs)

(lti Marke)
b.
(05 Marks)
gos u
Define the term energy release rate. Derive an expression for the energy
release rate of cracked plate at fixed deflection. (th
Marksj
What is crack arresting? Explain any two crack arresting techniques. List it
applications.

PART -B (10 Marks)

5 a. Explain different stages of crack
b. propagation. Explain the effects of
changing the load spectrum.

Explain the concepts of fracture mechanics to fatigue. (10 Marks)

b. Discuss the effects of alloying, processing to fracture resistance of materials.
(to Marks)

7 a. Explain stress and displacement marching. Write note

b. on
limitations of
(10 Marks)
numerical
fracture
analysis.

8 a. Describe the test procedure for determining the fracture toughness (Kic) by
using 3-point
bend specimen. (10 Marks)
b. Explain the effect of plate thickness on fracture (l0 Marks)
toughness.