Course detail

Experimental Mechanics

FSI-REMAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is concerned with the following topics: Fundamentals of methods of electrical measurement of mechanical quantities. Elaboration of continuous and discrete stochastic processes
in the time and the frequency domain. Methods for the determination of stresses and strains at a point and in a certain area of a body (especially strain gages, reflection photoelasticity, brittle lacquers, DIC). Measurement of kinematic quantities, forces, torques and pressures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Krejčí, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics (ÚMTMB)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of measurement of electrical and non-electrical quantities, mathematical statistics, mechanics of bodies, strength of materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit requirements: active participation in the seminars, good results of elaborated laboratory exercises, solving additional tasks in case of longer excusable absence.
Examination - combined (written and oral). In written part students have to prove knowledge of basic terms, important principles and their application; in the oral part the discussion over written part and records from laboratory exercises follows.
Attendance at practical training is obligatory. One absence can be compensated by attending a seminar with another group in the same week, or by working out of substitute assignments. More absences are compensated by additional assignments according to the instructions of the tutor.

Aims

The course objective is to make students familiar with current methods, instrumentation and computing technique for determination of input data which are necessary for computer modelling of machines and their elements and results verification. The course is focused especially on methods of investigation of stresses and strains, kinematic quantities, forces, torques, pressures and noise and on results elaboration.
Students will have a clear idea of current possibilities of experimental examination of selected mechanical quantities which are necessary for reliability assessment of machines and their elements. They will acquire basic practical knowledge and experiences and will be able to formulate real requirements for these activities in specialized institutions and professionally evaluate their results.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Dally, J.W. et al.: Instrumentation for Engineering Measurements, John Wiley&Sons, New York 1984
Harris, C.M.: Shock and Vibration Handbook, McGraw Hill 1996
Kobayashi, A.S.: Handbook on Experimental Mechanics., Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1987

Recommended reading

Janíček P., Technický experiment. VUT FS Brno 1988
Miláček, S.: Měření a vyhodnocování mechanických veličin, ČVUT Praha 2001
Vlk M. et al., Experimentální mechanika. VUT FSI 2003 (www.fme.vutbr.cz/opory)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-IMB-P Master's

    specialization IME , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    specialization BIO , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-MET-P Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Krejčí, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction into methodology of experimental work.
2. Description of measuring chain.
3. Passive and active.
4. Continuous and discrete signals - methodology of their processing.
5. Digital signal filtering.
6. Devices for measurement of mechanical quantities.
7. Measurement of kinematic quantities.
8. Methods for determination of stresses and deformations of bodies.
9. Properties of strain gages.
10. Criteria for optimal selection of strain gages.
11. Optical methods (DIC, photoelasticity, moiré, holography, specle.)
12. Methods for measurement of residual stresses. Cracks detection.
13. Measurement of forces, torques and pressures.

Laboratory exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Krejčí, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Precaution for laboratory practice.
2. Uncertainties in measurement. Theoretical problems in statistical elaboration of measurement results.
3. Determination of gage factor of strain gage.
4. Plain stress measurement - combination of bending and torque.
5. Computer processing of random processes.
6. Bar bending.
7. Assessment of load cell element.
8. Dynamics of rotor systems.
9. Membrane theory of shell.
10. Comparison of computational modeling and experiment.
11. Self-compensation of strain gages.
12. Digital image correlation.
13. Measurement of residual stresses by the hole drilling method.