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Fatigue of material

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Course Unit Code330-0319/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SLA20Dr. Ing. Ludmila Adámková
FUS76doc. Ing. Martin Fusek, Ph.D.
Summary
Předmět seznamuje studenty s problematikou únavy materiály, její příčiny a závislosti jak na vnitřních poměrech materiálu, tak na vnějších podmínkách, jako je tvar součásti a její namáhání.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The students will be acquainted with the basis of Linear Elastic FractureMechanics. The great attention is devoted too the problems of High-Cycle Fatigue .
Course Contents
1. Types of material failure. Constructional and structural notches.
2. Notches and stress concentration. Stress concentration factor, stress gradient.
3. Linear elastic stress analysis of cracks.
4. Modes of fracture. Stress intensity factor.
5. Brittle fracture. Mechanical properties of materials.
6. Linear elastic fracture mechanics. Griffith, s criterium. Sih,s criterium.
7. Fatigue failure. Wohler diagram.
8. S-N curves. The factors effects of Fatigue Limit.
9. Mean stress effects. Amplitude-mean diagrams.
10. Effects of notches. Notches factors.
11. Multiaxial Fatigue.
12. Safety factors with multiaxial fatigue.
13. Prediction approach of high cyclic fatigue lifetime. Fatigue moduls (summary).
14. Temperature fatigue.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] DOWLING, N. E. Mechanical behavior of materials: engineering methods for deformation, fracture, and fatigue. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, c1993. ISBN 0-13-026956-5.
[1] KUČERA, Josef. Úvod do mechaniky lomu: nestabilní lom ocelových těles při statickém a dynamickém zatížení. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 80-248-1268-1.
[2] KUČERA, Josef. Stručný úvod do mechaniky lomu. II. část, Únava materiálu. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 1994. ISBN 80-7078-244-7.
[3] DOWLING, N. E. Mechanical behavior of materials: engineering methods for deformation, fracture, and fatigue. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, c1993. ISBN 0-13-026956-5.
Recommended Reading:
SURESH, S. Fatigue of materials. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-57847-7.
ZEMÁNKOVÁ,J. Technická mechanika I. Úvod do lomové mechaniky. 1. vyd. Praha:ČVUT, 1981.123 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
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