1.Test methods for evaluating the material properties and their distribution.
2.-3.Definitions of stress, deformation, state of stress, anisotrophy. Plastic deformation in terms of application of the dislocation mechanism.
4.-5.Tensile test. Determination of yield strength, tensile strength, elongation and contraction. Engineering and true stress-strain tensile test diagrams.
6.Overview of hardness test methods, principles.
7.-8.Fundamentals of fracture mechanics. Test methods for evaluating resistence to sudden unstable (brittle) fracture - Charpy impact test, DWT, DWTT. Test procedures based on fracture mechanics (KIC, JIC, etc.).
9.-10.Test methods for determining the fatigue characteristics of materials (S-N curve, curve εat life – Nf, cyclic curve).
11.Test methods for evaluating resistence to Hydrogen induced cracking and Sulphide stress cracking.
12.Stress corrosion cracking test methods. Evaluation of crack initiation stage. Evaluation stage of stable crack growth.
13.-14.Properties of materials at elevated temperatures. Creep and relaxation tests. Test method for the determination of strength, fracture and creep characteristics of the results of penetration test.
2.-3.Definitions of stress, deformation, state of stress, anisotrophy. Plastic deformation in terms of application of the dislocation mechanism.
4.-5.Tensile test. Determination of yield strength, tensile strength, elongation and contraction. Engineering and true stress-strain tensile test diagrams.
6.Overview of hardness test methods, principles.
7.-8.Fundamentals of fracture mechanics. Test methods for evaluating resistence to sudden unstable (brittle) fracture - Charpy impact test, DWT, DWTT. Test procedures based on fracture mechanics (KIC, JIC, etc.).
9.-10.Test methods for determining the fatigue characteristics of materials (S-N curve, curve εat life – Nf, cyclic curve).
11.Test methods for evaluating resistence to Hydrogen induced cracking and Sulphide stress cracking.
12.Stress corrosion cracking test methods. Evaluation of crack initiation stage. Evaluation stage of stable crack growth.
13.-14.Properties of materials at elevated temperatures. Creep and relaxation tests. Test method for the determination of strength, fracture and creep characteristics of the results of penetration test.