Course detail

Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme: Material and Structural Integrity Aspects

FAST-VDC002Acad. year: 2024/2025

The aim of the program is to familiarize students with the selected material and structural aspects – in particular describe material behaviour, methods of measurement of materials properties (including fracture and fatigue) and materials application on civil engineering area. 

1. Introduction to mechanics of material, theory of materials failures

2. Linear elastic fracture mechanics – energy/stress approach

3. Fracture parameters of material.

4. Methods for determination of fracture parameters, function of geometry

5. Fatigue properties of materials

6. Fatigue lifetime prediction – analytical tutorial

7. Numerical analysis in fatigue and fracture

8. Technical excursion on selected fatigue loaded construction

9. Fatigue and fracture testing-tricks and tips from laboratories

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Mechanics (STM)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of structure mechanics, matrix and vector algebra, infinitesimal calculus, fundamentals of numerical mathematics. 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit

Aims

Lectures are oriented to students of Blended Intensive Programme  with aim to make their knowledge in Material and Structural Integrity Aspects. The topics are selected from the point of view of their application in advance structure analysis. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

 

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Anderson, T.L. (2017). Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Fourth Edition (4th ed.). CRC Press. (CS)
EN 1993-1-1:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings (CS)
EN 1993-1-9:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-9: Fatigue (CS)
EN 1993-2:2006 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 2: Steel bridges (CS)
Klesnil, M, Lukáš, P., 1992. Fatigue of Metallic Materials. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. 270 p. (CS)
Pook, L.P., 2000. Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics for Engineers: Theory and Applications 1st ed., London: WIT Press (CS)
Schijve, J.: 2003. Fatigue of structures and materials in the 20th century and the state of the art, Int J Fatigue, 25, 679–702. (CS)
Suresh, S.: Fatigue of Materials (2nd ed.), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK (1998) (CS)
Tada, H., Paul C. Paris a G. R. Irwin. 2000. The stress analysis of cracks handbook. 3rd ed. New York: ASME Press. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to mechanics of material, theory of materials failures
  2. Linear elastic fracture mechanics – energy/stress approach
  3. Fracture parameters of material.
  4. Methods for determination of fracture parameters, function of geometry
  5. Fatigue properties of materials
  6. Fatigue lifetime prediction – analytical tutorial
  7. Numerical analysis in fatigue and fracture
  8. Technical excursion on selected fatigue loaded construction
  9. Fatigue and fracture testing-tricks and tips from laboratories