Fall 2026

Fracture Mechanics

EMA 519 introduces fracture mechanics, covering crack fields, stress intensity, and fracture criteria for design.

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Summary

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The course is rated as very difficult by historical reviewers.

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Prerequisites

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(E M A 303 or M E 306), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

- EMA 303
- M E 306
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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EMA 519

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Any of
- EMA 303
- M E 306
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Walter Drugan: Walter Drugan is the only instructor with review data for this course. The single available review provides no substantive feedback on his teaching strengths or concerns, listing only a difficulty rating of 5 and a quality rating of 3.

WALTER DRUGAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Walter Drugan indicate a challenging course with moderate quality, though specific feedback is unavailable.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.48 GPA, 70.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2022: 2.78 GPA, 22.2% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.12 GPA, 53.8% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The course is rated as very difficult by historical reviewers.

No specific comments or anecdotes are provided in the available historical review.

Topics

Crack stress and deformation fields, stress intensity factors, and plastic zones.
Crack growth initiation and stability criteria.

Skills

Applying fracture criteria to design problems.
Analyzing crack stress fields and calculating fracture parameters.

Grades

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Model outputs & technical records

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Model & dataset provenance

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