Experimental Methods in Structural Materials of Vehicles

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	342-0971/01
Abbreviation	EMvKMV
Course title	Experimental Methods in Structural Materials of Vehicles
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Institute of Transport
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Radim Halama, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Photoelasticity. Linear and circular polarized light, isocratic and isochromatic lines, isostatic lines, polariscop with through and reflected light.
2. The method of shear stress difference. Spatial photoelasticimetry.
3. Tensometry. Tensometers and measuring instruments. Deformation sensitivity (K- factor) and calibration of tensometers. Bridge connection of tensometers, sensors.
4. Measurement of force and weight. Torque measurement.
5. Residual tension measurement - Slicing and Drilling Method of Gradual Drilling.
6. The method of fragile lacquers. Method principle, sensitivity of fragile lacquers, calibration.
7. Measurement of tensile and compressive stresses. The moiré method. Principles of mechanical interference, types of moiré grids.
8. Measurement of elastic and plastic deformations. Vizioplastic method. Methods of making grids, measurement of displacement of nodal points of the grid, elaboration of deformations and stresses using the theory of plasticity.
9. Fotoplasticity Types of photoplasticimetric methods of deformation measurements based on isokinetic and isochromatic lines.
10. Voltage solving, application of plasticity theory, method of gradual approximation.
11. Modern optical methods (DIC, ESPI)

Literature

Doyle, J.F.: Modern Experimental Stress Analysis: Completing the solution of partially specified problems. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2004, 424p. .
Sutton, M.A.; Orteu J.-J.; Schreier, H. W. Image Correlation for Shape, Motion and Deformation Measurements. Basic Concepts, Theory and Applications. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009, 321p. .
Szczepański, W.: Experimental Methods in Mechanics of Solids. Elsevier Amsterdam – Oxford – New York – Tokyo, 1990, ISBN 83-01-08259-3.
Hoffmann, K.: An Introduction to Measurements using Strain Gages, Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH, Darmstadt .
Stefänescu, D.: Handbook of force transducers: principles and components, Springer, Německo, 2011, 612s.

Advised literature

Suryanarayana, C.: Experimental Techniques in Materials and Mechanics, 1st Edition, CRC Press, 2011.
Rastogi, P.K., Hack, E.: Optical Methods for Solid Mechanics: A Full-Field Approach, Wiley 2013.

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