STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION
cod. 18207

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Gianni NICOLETTO
Academic discipline
Progettazione meccanica e costruzione di macchine (ING-IND/14)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
45 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The presentation of innovative structural design techniques, with specific regard to fatigue and fracture mechanics <br />
The application of these techniques within a group project. <br />

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Structural integrity evaluation <br />
Structural integrity in the industrial field. <br />
Experimental aspects of mechanical behaviour in materials. <br />
Stress-based fatigue design methods. <br />
Strain-based fatigue design methods. <br />
Variable-amplitude fatigue design. <br />
Fatigue design methods based on fracture mechanics. <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lesson notes <br />
ASM Metals HandBook Volume 19 - Fatigue And Fracture <br />

Teaching methods

Oral presentation and technical report on a group project

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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