1. Importance of material testing. Tensile test, evaluation of principal characteristics; hardness testing.
2. Methods of toughness evaluation. Definition of toughness; influence of loading rate; influence of stress concentration; notch toughness test; temperature dependence of toughness, relation to the structure.
3. Material degradation during service. Principles of degradation, high/low energy fractures. Mechanism of ductile fracture, mechanisms of brittle fracture.
4. Fracture mechanics. Basic principles, elastic solution – Griffith’s relation; elastic-plastic solution – Griffith-Orowan’s relation; stress intensity factor; fracture toughness.
5. Fatigue of materials. Cyclic stress and strain; initiation and growth of fatigue cracks; life curves; factors influencing resistance to fatigue; methods of evaluation of resistance to fatigue damage.
6. Corrosion degradation of materials. Electrochemical corrosion; anodic/catodic reactions; Pourbaix’s diagrams; Faraday’s law, corrosion rate; passivity of metals; local corrosion; methods of evaluation of materials resistance to corrosion.
7. Creep degradation of materials. Influence of stress and temperature; the most important creep mechanisms; Larson-Miller parameter; methods of evaluation and extrapolation of experimental data.
8. Wear of materials. Adhesive, abrasive, erosive wear; main parameters; materials testing.
9. Radiation degradation of materials. Radiation strengthening/embrittlement; photo degradation of polymers.
10. Non-destructive material testing.
2. Methods of toughness evaluation. Definition of toughness; influence of loading rate; influence of stress concentration; notch toughness test; temperature dependence of toughness, relation to the structure.
3. Material degradation during service. Principles of degradation, high/low energy fractures. Mechanism of ductile fracture, mechanisms of brittle fracture.
4. Fracture mechanics. Basic principles, elastic solution – Griffith’s relation; elastic-plastic solution – Griffith-Orowan’s relation; stress intensity factor; fracture toughness.
5. Fatigue of materials. Cyclic stress and strain; initiation and growth of fatigue cracks; life curves; factors influencing resistance to fatigue; methods of evaluation of resistance to fatigue damage.
6. Corrosion degradation of materials. Electrochemical corrosion; anodic/catodic reactions; Pourbaix’s diagrams; Faraday’s law, corrosion rate; passivity of metals; local corrosion; methods of evaluation of materials resistance to corrosion.
7. Creep degradation of materials. Influence of stress and temperature; the most important creep mechanisms; Larson-Miller parameter; methods of evaluation and extrapolation of experimental data.
8. Wear of materials. Adhesive, abrasive, erosive wear; main parameters; materials testing.
9. Radiation degradation of materials. Radiation strengthening/embrittlement; photo degradation of polymers.
10. Non-destructive material testing.