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Special testing methods

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-3008/01
Abbreviation SZMn
Course title Special testing methods
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Jonšta, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

- Test methods for evaluating the material properties and their distribution. Special test methods.
- Fundamentals of fracture mechanics.
- Test methods for determining the fatigue characteristics of materials (curve εat life – Nf , cyclic curve σa – εapl ) . Test methods based on linear fracture mechanics .
- Test methods for evaluating resistance to sudden unstable fracture (DWT, DWTT). Test procedures based not fracture mechanics (KIC, JIC , δc , JR curve reference temperature T0 , Master curve).
- The test procedures for determining the creep characteristics of the material ( the rate of secondary creep , creep limit RT ( σTp ) , creep rupture strength RmT ( σTPt ) .
- Test methods for evaluation of materials resistance in hydrogen containing environment - SSRT (Slow Strain Rate Test), HIC (Hydrogen Induced Cracking), SSC (Sulfide Stress Cracking), fracture mechanics test methods.
- Test methods for evaluating corrosion stress. Evaluation of crack initiation stage. Evaluation stage of stable crack growth.
- Test method for the determination of strength, fracture and creep characteristics of the results of penetration test.
- Excursion to the accredited testing laboratories MATERIAL AND METALLURGICAL RESEARCH Ltd.

Povinná literatura

MATOCHA, K. Special testing methods. Ostrava: VŠB –TU Ostrava, 2014. Available from: http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/AEM/Special%20test%20methods.pdf

DOWLING, N. E. Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Engineering Methods for Deformation, Fracture, and Fatigue. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN 0-13-186312-6

HOSFORD, F. W. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-19569-0 .

Advised literature

Determination of Mechanical Properties of materials by Small Punch and other Miniature testing techniques. 2nd international Conference SSTT: Conference proceedings. Ostrava: Ocelot Ltd. 2012. ISBN 978-80-260-0079-2 .

HELLIER, J. CH. Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2020. ISBN 978-1-260-44143-7 .