Limit States and Fatigue of Materials

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	330-0905/04
Abbreviation	MSUM
Course title	Limit States and Fatigue of Materials
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Martin Fusek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to limit states. Basic classification.
2. Limit states in elastic and plastic regions. Stability.
3. Thermal stress and creep.
4. Fracture mechanics - linear and nonlinear approaches.
5. Material fatigue - introduction, basic knowledge. Experimental approaches.
6. Material fatigue - High cycle fatigue (uniaxial and multiaxial approaches).
7. Material fatigue - Low cycle fatigue (uniaxial and multiaxial approaches).
8. Numerical modeling of limit states.

Literature

MAITII, Surjya Kumar. Fracture mechanics: fundamentals and applications. Delhi, India: Cambridge University Press, 2015. .
BORESI, Arthur P. a Richard J. SCHMIDT. Advanced mechanics of materials. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley, c2003. ISBN 0471438812.
LEE, Yung-Li. Fatigue testing and analysis: theory and practice. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2005. ISBN 978-0-7506-7719-6.
MAITII, Surjya Kumar. Fracture mechanics: fundamentals and applications. Delhi, India: Cambridge University Press, 2015. .
HETNARSKI, Richard B. a M. Reza ESLAMI. Thermal stresses: advanced theory and applications. Dordrecht: Springer, c2009. ISBN 978-1-4020-9246-6.
BETTEN, Josef. Creep mechanics. 3nd ed. Berlin: Springer, c2008. ISBN 978-3-540-8550-2.

Advised literature

BANNANTINE, J.A., COMMER, J.J., HANDROCK, J.L.: Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632, 1990
SZCZEPINSKI, W. (editor): Experimental methods in mechanics of solids. Elsevier Amster-dam - Oxford - New York - Tokyo, 1990, p.705, ISBN 83-01-08259-3
REES, D.W.: Basic solid mechanics. MacMillan press ltd. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and London, 1997, p.396, ISBN 0-333-66609-7

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