Course detail
Limit States of Materials and Structures
FSI-GS0 Acad. year: 2019/2020 Winter semester
The course presents a series of case studies drawn from real situations involving material failures. It is suitable for students who are familiar with engineering materials in an equivalent scope as the courses ”Materials Science I, II" and ”Limit States of Materials and Structures (6ms)". It is intended for students majoring in a wide range of engineering subjects (including mechanical, civil, aeronautical, manufacturing, chemical, materials and design engineering) and people interested in failure analysis and prevention.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course teaches the students to understand the basic methodical techniques concerning the damage of machines or devices in the case that such a damage was caused by unsuitable choice of service properties of engineering materials.
Prerequisites
see annotation
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The course has a form of series of workshops. An active participation in the workshops is required for successful completion of the course.
Aims
The aim of the course is to teach the students who are interested in having expertise in machinery, how to apply the knowledge of deformation and failure of engineering materials when detecting fault sources.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The course is optional. Successful completion of the course is conditional on an active participation in the workshops.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-VSR: Production Machines, Systems and Robots, elective (voluntary)
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
International and European standards survey
Elastic deformation – failure of mountaineering ropes – stress in bolts
Plastic deformation – shear of truck steering shaft – freeze-bursting of water pipes
Fast fracture – fast fracture of aircraft fuselage
Brittle fracture – fracture of a cast iron gas main – problems with thick walled tubes
Fatigue – fatigue of a rotating chemical vessel
Environmental failures – corrosion of central heating systems I; basic mechanisms – corrosion of central heating systems II; case studies