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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Modeling and Simulation of Damage Processes in Structural Materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 636-3007/01
Abbreviation MSPPMn
Course title Modeling and Simulation of Damage Processes in Structural Materials
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Material Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Bohumír Strnadel, DrSc.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1st Processing of input data for modeling the structure of construction materials
2nd Models of some selected structures of composite materials and prediction their properties
3rd Models of local micromechanisms of damage initiation cleavage and ductile Crack
4th Models of voltage-mechanical deformation behavior makroskopiských properties
5th Models of viscoelastic behavior of polymers
6th Modeling time-dependent degradation processes of fatigue and creep
damage
7th Simulation of combinatorial effects of thermal fatigue and creep
8th Models of contact fatigue of functional contact surfaces
9th Statistical methods for assessing material limit states
10th The basic concept of rating the size factor
11th Numerical models of fracture behavior of structural materials
12th Simulation of damage components degradation processes
13th Practical application of fracture mechanics and residual life estimates components


Exercise

1st Introductory training, requirements, a summary study of literature,
summary of the basic knowledge of degradation processes of construction materials, metal physics and mathematical statistics required for mastering the subject
2nd Discussions of basic relationships between the microstructural characteristics construction materials and their mechanical properties, the consequences of reliability of components
3rd Basic statistical methods for evaluation of processes and their application to stable crack growth, the creation of fracture instability and the mechanisms fatigue damage and creep
4th Practical verification of the basic laws of the two-phase stereology
polycrystalline metal structures
5th Examples of determination of some statistical characteristics of the microstructure construction materials, application of statistical methods of evaluation character of fracture surfaces
6th Examples for the calculation of the statistical distribution of local strength and microstructural fracture characteristics using microstructural models localized damage
7th Detailed presentation and commentary on the method of prediction of the temperature dependence fracture toughness and its application to a selected structure construction steel
8th Application of optimization methods for microstructural parameters
systematic development of new types of construction materials
9th Their application to selected examples of composites
10th Simulation of the development process violation quarry construction materials and discussion on the application of these methods in engineering practice.
11th Examples of technical computing and model the time dependence of reliability components subjected to degradation processes and effects optimization of life.
12th Solved examples of application of methods of modeling features and reliability materials in engineering practice.
13th Inspection work
14th Inspection results, credit.

Literature

KLESNL, M. and P. LUKÁŠ. Fatigue of metallic materials, 2nd ed. Elsevier Science, 1992. ISBN 9780444987235 .

LEMAITRE, J. Handbook of materials behavior models. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001. ISBN 13: 9780124433410.

BARSOM, J.M. and S.T. ROLFE. Fracture and fatigue control in structures, Applications of fracture mechanics, 3rd ed. Woburn: ASTM, 1999. ISBN 978-0-8031-2082-2 .

KNOTT, J.F. and P. A. WITHEY. Fracture mechanics, worked examples, 2nd ed. London: Institute of materials, 1993. ISBN 0901716286.

Advised literature

LEMAITRE, J. and J.L. CHABOCHE. Mechanics of solid materials, Cambridge: Cambridge University press, 1994. ISBN 0521477581 .