1. Introduction – basic relationships between structure and mechanical characteristics
2. Changes in material properties caused by degradation processes
3. Basic groups of construction materials and their degradation processes
4. Fracture from overload under uniaxial and multiaxial tension
5. Conditions for the formation of a low-energy brittle fracture
6. Conditions for the formation of a high-energy ductile fracture
7. Mechanisms of initiation and propagation of fatigue failure
8. Fatigue damage to structural parts under the action of multiaxial tension
9. Mechanisms of initiation of creep damage
10. Creep fracture and factors affecting it
11. Mechanisms of corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement
12. Basic wear mechanisms of functional surfaces
13. Combined effects of some degradation processes
14. Consequences of degradation processes in the reliability of structural parts
2. Changes in material properties caused by degradation processes
3. Basic groups of construction materials and their degradation processes
4. Fracture from overload under uniaxial and multiaxial tension
5. Conditions for the formation of a low-energy brittle fracture
6. Conditions for the formation of a high-energy ductile fracture
7. Mechanisms of initiation and propagation of fatigue failure
8. Fatigue damage to structural parts under the action of multiaxial tension
9. Mechanisms of initiation of creep damage
10. Creep fracture and factors affecting it
11. Mechanisms of corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement
12. Basic wear mechanisms of functional surfaces
13. Combined effects of some degradation processes
14. Consequences of degradation processes in the reliability of structural parts