Utilize this page as a map to explore the different resources this site has to offer.
Educational Readings
NASA Course Notes
Use this page to read through the Fracture Course Notes for NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program (NEPP). An account is needed to access these notes.
Solid Mechanics
Use this page to get an introduction or review solid mechanics - there are 11 slide decks that go over topics from stress, strain, and mechanical properties, to bending, beam deflection, and buckling of columns.
Fracture Mechanics
Use this page to get a brief introduction to Fracture Mechanics, including core concepts and key principles.
Fatigue Analysis
Use this page to get a brief introduction to Fracture Mechanics, including core concepts and key principles.
Tools
Chaboche Viscoplasticity Modeling Tool
Use the calculator on this page to simulate material behavior under cyclic loading, with or without temperature effects, using the Chaboche viscoplastic constitutive model.
Mean Stress Fatigue Calculator
Use the calculator on this page to predict fatigue life for a material using three different models.
Principal Stress Calculator
Use the calculator on this page to find the principal stresses and directions given a stress tensor.