| Course objectives: |
| systematic presentation of the deterioration and degradation of engineering structures; introduction to loading types, failure modes and their connection systems; description of different failure modes and their consequences |
| Course content and structure: |
| Deterioration and degradation of engineering structures. Failure modes and statistics: engineering and aircraft structures, technological and transporting pipelines, pressure vessels, steel bridges. Loading types: mechanical, thermal and environmental loads; failure modes: deformation, fracture, corrosion, wear and degradation. Connection system of loading types and failure modes. Characteristics of different failure modes, description possibilities, relevant material properties. Complex description of concurrent failure modes. Failure analysis, case studies. |
| Evaluation method: |
| written and oral exam at the end of semester |
| Required reading: |
| ASM Handbook Vol. 11: Failure Analysis and Prevention. ASM International, Materials Park, 1986.Failure Analysis Library on CD-ROM – Disk 1: Principles and Practices of Failure Analysis and Fractography for Metals, Plastics, Ceramics. ASM International, Materials Park, 1999.Failure Analysis Library on CD-ROM – Disk 2: Failure Analysis Applications and Case Histories. ASM International, Materials Park, 1999. |
| Suggested reading: |
| ASM Handbook Vol. 19: Fatigue and Fracture. ASM International, Materials Park, 1996.GROSCH, J. et al.: Schadenskunde im Maschinenbau: Characteristische Schadensursachen – Analyse und Aussagen von Schadensfällen. Expert Verlag, Ehlingen bei Böblingen, 1990.NAUBEREIT, H.; WEIHERT, J.: Einführung in die Ermüdungsfestigkeit. Carl Hanser Verlag, München-Wien, 1999. |
