Studienhandbuch | UE Structural Durability Calculations

Inhalt

Workload	Education level	Study areas	Responsible person	Hours per week	Coordinating university
1,5 ECTS	M1 - Master's programme 1. year	^(*)Kunststofftechnik	Zoltan Major	1 hpw	Johannes Kepler University Linz

Detailed information
Original study plan	Master's programme Polymer Technologies and Science (PTS) 2015W
Objectives	To acquire the basic knowledges of the durability calculations.
Subject	Short overview of the durability theories of engineering materials with special focus on fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites and sandwich structures. Fatigue; Physical modeling of damage development for composite materials under stress, Life-time prediction methods for both constant and variable stress histories, statistical analysis of fatigue data, application of constant life diagrams for engineering structures, reliability methods, fatigue analysis of adhesively bonded structural joints, theories for multiaxial stress state analysis Creep; application of the time-temperature superposition principle for creep calculations of composite materials Wear; models of composite wear, application of life time estimation methods
Criteria for evaluation	homework and written exam
Methods	short introduction to the theory of the durability analysis, analytical calculations, finite element modeling and simulations, study of related literature
Language	English
Changing subject?	No

On-site course
Maximum number of participants	35
Assignment procedure	Assignment according to priority