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Life Prediction of Nuclear Pressure Structures

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 330-5451/01
Abbreviation ZJC
Course title Life Prediction of Nuclear Pressure Structures
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Fusek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Review and advanced topics in the mechanics of rigid and deformable bodies. Effects of materials and manufacturing technologies.
2. Modeling and simulation in design practice. Analytical and numerical approaches. Software solutions.
3. Issues of limit states. Definitions, classification, and conceptual framework.
4. Thin-walled vessels. Stability of structures and pressure vessels.
5. Thick-walled vessels. Plates.
6. Vibration of machine parts. Excitation. Vibration damping measures.
7. Fatigue of materials: basic concepts, classification, and fundamental solution approaches.
8. Fatigue of materials: HCF (High-Cycle Fatigue), LCF (Low-Cycle Fatigue).
9. Introduction to fracture mechanics: linear and non-linear.
10 .Creep and creep modeling.
11. Calculation of connecting parts. Issues of welded and bolted joints.
12. Approach to determining limit states according to standards. ASME Codes.
13. Summary of findings, Q&A session.

Literature

[1] MAITII, Surjya Kumar. Fracture mechanics: fundamentals and applications. Delhi, India: Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1-107-09676-9.
[2] BORESI, Arthur P. a Richard J. SCHMIDT. Advanced mechanics of materials. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley, c2003. ISBN 0471438812.
[3] LEE, Yung-Li. Fatigue testing and analysis: theory and practice. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2005. ISBN 978-0-7506-7719-6.
[4] BETTEN, Josef. Creep mechanics. 3nd ed. Berlin: Springer, c2008. ISBN 978-3-540-8550-2.
[5] RAO, K. R., ed. Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. 5. vydání. New York: ASME Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0791861295 .

Advised literature

[1] Anderson,T.L.: Fracture mechanics : fundamentals and applications. 3 rd.ed.Boca Raton:CRC/Taylor&Francis, 2005. 621 p. ISBN 0-8493-1656-1.
[2] HETNARSKI, Richard B. a M. Reza ESLAMI. Thermal stresses: advanced theory and applications. Dordrecht: Springer, c2009. ISBN 978-1-4020-9246-6.
[3] BUDYNAS, Richard G. a Ali M. SADEGH. Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. 9. vydání. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020. ISBN 978-1-260-45183-2 .