The topics that will be covered in this course will be –
1. Failure Mechanisms addressed in ASME SEC VIII D2- Gross plastic deformation, Ratchetting and Fatigue, Instability.
2. The difference between design by analysis and design by rule- Discussion of the concepts.
3. Gross plastic deformation as a failure mode- Real life examples, the concept of limit state analysis.
4. Incremental plasticity as a failure mode- Real life examples elucidating the concept of Ratchetting.
5. Alternate plasticity or low cycle fatigue as a failure mode- Discussion of the failure mechanism of fatigue.
6. Various approaches to Fatigue analysis- Stress, Strain and Fracture mechanics-based approach.
7. Polished bar versus structural stress approach- Fundamental issues and theoretical background.
8. Limit and Elastic plastic analysis- Theoretical background with some real-life examples.
9. Computer implementation of design by analysis approach- A brief overview of WRC 429.