MEC-E6003 - Materials Safety D, Lecture, 6.9.2024-18.10.2024

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course the students can:

  1. understand plastic deformation, crack growth and their interaction sufficiently to
  2. assess potential life-limiting failure mechanisms in practical engineering cases,
  3. analyze failure cases to gain further insight into life-limiting conditions and opportunities for improvement and finally
  4. use this information to guide safe and efficient use of materials for best performance

Credits: 5

Schedule: 06.09.2024 - 18.10.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Iikka Virkkunen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The course lectures develop student s existing understanding on deformation, stress concentrations and fracture with emphasis on phenomena underlying various failure mechanisms. Common failure mechanisms (cleavage, fatigue, creep, environmentally assisted degradation) are addressed and published failure cases explained. The students are required to analyze engineering component failure cases and connect the taught content to real life failure cases. The course includes materials testing laboratory exercises, which allow students to get first-hand experience on testing of materials and evaluating materials performance.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Examination, laboratory exercise report.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    • Lectures 12 h
    • Exercises 20 h
    • Independent work 100 h
    • Examination 3 h

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Hertzberg, R.W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials OR Meyers, M. & Chawla, K., Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 2nd edition.

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I
    2025-2026 Autumn I

    Registration: Registration for the course will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).

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