Design of shafts and welded joints. Fatigue and fracture considerations in design: failure types, failure under static and dynamic loading, fatigue failure, crack initiation, and propagation. Introduction to the FEM in mechanical design. Students can only receive credit for one of MECH 326 or MECH 426. [2-0-3] Prerequisite: One of MECH 223, MECH 260. Corequisite: MECH 360.
Design of shafts and welded joints. Fatigue and fracture considerations in design: failure types, failure under static and dynamic loading, fatigue failure, crack initiation, and propagation. Introduction to the FEM in mechanical design. Students can only receive credit for one of MECH 326 or MECH 426. [2-0-3] Prerequisite: One of MECH 223, MECH 260. Corequisite: MECH 360.
