Course: Degradation of Materials

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Course title Degradation of Materials
Course code UTM/PV442
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kuśmierczak Sylvia, doc. Ing. PhD.
Course content
1. Introduction to degradation processes. 2. Limit states of technical objects (TO), internal and external factors, classification of degradation processes. 3. Fracture properties of TO materials - introduction. Fundamentals of fractography. 4. TO wear: abrasive, adhesive, erosive, cavitation, vibration - conditions of formation, mechanism, resistance to wear. 5. TO fatigue - basic concepts, initiation, mechanism and propagation of fatigue cracks. 6. TO creep - basic terms, initiation, crack formation mechanism. 7. Degradation by radiation: degradation by UV radiation, radiation damage, etc. 8. Degradation of bearings, rails, pipe systems. 9. Ways of increasing TO resistance to degradation, materials resistant to selected types of degradation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces the issue of Degradation of materials of technical objects and acquaints students with the classification of degradation processes, with the reasons for their origin and their consequences. The student will gain orientation and information in the field.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Číhal, V. Korozivzdorné oceli a slitiny.. Academia Praha, 1999.
  • Hernas, A. a kol. Žárupevné oceli a slitiny. VŠB-TU v Ostravě, 2009.
  • Kunz, J. Aplikovaná lomová mechanika. ČVUT v Praze, 2005.
  • Puškár, A. Medzné stavy materiálov a súčastí. Veda Bratislava, 1989. Veda, 1989. ISBN 80-224-0020-3.
  • Strnadel, B. Nauka o materiálu II. Degradační procesy a design konstrukčních materiálů. VŠB-TU v Ostravě, 2008.
  • Vojtěch, D. Materiály a jejich mezní stavy. VŠCHT, Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7080-741-5.


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