ABSTRACT
Methods of computer self-study applied in teaching and training in engi neering are rapidly progressing [1]. Let's consider pecularities of teaching fatigue and fracture. We suggest two principal ways for training : 1) inten sive course delivered in lectures, examination of cases at seminars and testing by special computer programs; 2) learning by reading "pages" on computer screen, reading paper textbooks cited on computer "pages" and doing numerous control tasks. While the former provides a professor ready to help understand and examine the theoretical problems and practical cases the latter makes possible to study the subject independently at the working place.
