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| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Polymer Engineering and Science (PES) 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the concepts of smart mechanical and civil structures equipped with integrated sensor networks for damage and usage monitoring. Students will develop the skills to assess, design, and implement such structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for various engineering applications. They will be able to identify potential damage types in mechanical structures made of metals or composites, and select suitable SHM concepts to monitor the damage state. They will learn the theoretical fundamentals required to assess and predict the damage state of a structure using SHM and derive optimal repair measures based on the results.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
Students are able to
- define and characterize structural health monitoring (SHM), non-destructive testing (NDT), and smart structures, including their scope and applications (k2),
- analyze mechanical structures to identify potential damage mechanisms in metals and composites, and determine critical areas for monitoring (k4, k5),
- understand the suitability of sensor technologies based on their physical principles and the requirements of specific SHM applications (k2),
- interpret and analyze data from SHM systems to predict structural damage states and recommend appropriate repair measures (k4),
- characterize and explain different design philosophies used in mechanical engineering and their relevance to SHM (k2),
- analyze and reflect on current SHM applications in diverse engineering fields (k4).
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- Fundamental terminology and concepts of structural health monitoring (SHM), non-destructive testing (NDT), and smart structures
- Design philosophies for mechanical structures
- Physical principles and functionalities of various sensor technologies
- NDT methods and their potential for SHM
- Practical examples and case-studies of SHM applications in various engineering fields
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Seminar work
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| Methods |
As lecture notes PowerPoint-slides are provided for download. Additional explanations and calculation examples are carried out at the black board.
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| Language |
English (German, if there is common consent) |
| Study material |
Gross: Bruchmechanik; C. Boller: Encyclopedia of Structural Health Monitoring; Douglas E. Adams: Health Monitoring of Structural Materials and Components; D. Balageas: Structural Health Monitoring, V. Giurgiutiu: Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors
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| Changing subject? |
Yes |
| Further information |
Skills for setting up a comprehensive concept to observe and to assess the damages of structures starting from the Structural Analysis to get the optimal sensor, the SHM, damage assessment and prediction and ending up with the definition of an optimal repair solution.
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| Corresponding lecture |
700KOLESHMV11: VL Structural Health Monitoring (3 ECTS)
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