Course - Fatigue Design - TMM4195
TMM4195 - Fatigue Design
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Portfolio assessment
Grade: Letters
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbeider | 10/100 | |||
| Skriftlig eksamen | 90/100 | 4 hours | D |
Course content
This course deals with fundamental and technical issues associated with designing and maintaining structures that resist failure from cyclic loading. Students will be taught the principles of analyzing failure of materials by fatigue including how fatigue behavior is characterized, how fatigue failure is predicted, the physical mechanisms responsible for fatigue failure of various materials with particular attention to metals and structural alloys, and how such behavior is related to the microstructure of the material. This course will also introduce key applications of fatigue design in industry including failure analysis, fatigue life calculations and experimental techniques and destructive and non-destructive methods of damage detection and characterization.
Main Topics:
- Cyclic deformation
- Fatigue crack initiation
- Stress-life fatigue behavior
- Strain-life fatigue behavior
- Fracture mechanics and fatigue crack propagation
- Environmental effects
Learning outcome
Knowledge :
- Fatigue mechanisms.
- Description of fatigue phenomenon.
– Fatigue life concept.
- Methodology for designing against fatigue.
- Methodology for fatigue-crack-growth analysis.
Skills:
- Capability to use traditional methods for designing mechanical components against fatigue.
- Capability to use crack-growth analysis for life assessment of mechanical components containing cracks and crack-like defects.
General competence: To be capable to evaluate fatigue damage and to design machines and structures against fatigue and to predict the expected life of components in service.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures: Both presentations and blackboard are used in parallel. Teaching materials are provided through Blackboard. The purchase of text-books is not necessary for the successful completion of this course though it is encouraged for additional learning. Self-made notes during the lectures are encouraged since the lectures include the material and discussion which are hardly available in textbooks. 12 assignments will be given during the course, 9 being mandatory.
Compulsory assignments
- Øvinger
Further on evaluation
Portfolio assessment is the basis for the grade in the course. The portfolio includes a final written exam (90%) and exercises (10%). The results for the parts are given in %-scores, while the entire portfolio is assigned a letter grade.
If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.
For a re-take of an examination, all assessments during the course must be re-taken.
Recommended previous knowledge
Knowledge equivalent to TMM4100 Materials Technology and TMM4140 Mechanical behaviour of materials.
Course materials
Main: N. Dowling “Mechanical Behavior of Materials” , Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007 (or later).
Optional:
S. Suresh, “Fatigue of Materials” (2d edition) Cambridge University Press, 1998
Ralph I. Stephens, Ali Fatemi, Robert R. Stephens, Henry O. Fuchs Metal Fatigue in Engineering, 2nd Edition 2000 Wiley
Radaj, Dieter, Vormwald, Michael Advanced Methods of Fatigue Assessment, Springer 2013
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIO2077 | 7.5 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2018
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Technological subjects
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Examination
Examination arrangement: Portfolio assessment
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD Arbeider 10/100
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Room Building Number of candidates - Autumn ORD Skriftlig eksamen 90/100 D 2018-12-04 09:00
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Room Building Number of candidates SL410 orange sone Sluppenvegen 14 0 SL210 Sluppenvegen 14 0 SL274 Sluppenvegen 14 0 - Summer UTS Arbeider 10/100
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Room Building Number of candidates - Summer UTS Skriftlig eksamen 90/100 D
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"