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Living with Cracks

Synopsis
Starting with materials that are notch-sensitive, looks at predominantly elastic material, and explains how the plane strain fracture toughness is established for any particular material. The technique of caustics is used to help to explain the phenomenon of plasticity, and animations are used to explain plane strain and plane stress. There is also film of a large-scale fracture toughness test at the Welding Institute in Cambridge. Concludes with a demonstration of the type of ultrasonic testing techniques currently used by the Central Electricity Generating Board.
Series
Failure of Stressed Materials, Course T353
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min.
Year of production
1984
Availability
Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects
Technology
Keywords
elastic materials; materials science; mechanics; plasticity; stress in materials

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web
http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 1908 274066
Address
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Notes
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