Design of Surface Contacts

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

 

Teaching Methods

Seminars during the semester. Since this course consists in the preparation of an individual work of synthesis, no formal lectures are provided. Instead a personalized support for each student is given by a supervisor which is an expert in the field of the work to be develop.

Learning Outcomes

This course has two main objetives: (i) to prepare the students for their thesis, supplying them with basic concepts of the main failure modes in mechanical engineering and the way how to characterize the mechanical behaviour of a material. This is a fundamental part in the understanding of the tribological behavior (ii) achievement by students of a written document on the subject of his thesis, which must contain aspects related to the state-of-art, the strategy to be used and the contribution of the thesis to the scientific topic.

Some seminars that address topics on the mechanical behavior such as elastic and plastic deformation, ductile and brittle fracture, fatigue, wear and corrosion are programmed.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Seminar on the main failure modes in mechanical engineering and how to characterize the mechanical behavior of a material.This course corresponds to a individual work plan previously defined by the supervisor(s).

Generally the work will involve developing: detailed definition of the problem to be analyzed; literature review, development and / or application of models; preparation of the synthesis report; final public presentation assessed by a jury.

Head Lecturer(s)

Bruno Miguel Quelhas de Sacadura Cabral Trindade

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Preparation of an individual work of synthesis: 100.0%

Bibliography

Broeck, D., Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Ed. Noordhoff, Holanda, 1974.

Hertzberg, R.W., Deformatio and of Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, Ed. John Wiley Sons, London, 1979.

Rolfe and Barsom, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures. Applications of Fracture Mechanics, Ed. Prentice-Hall, 1977.

Barthélémy, B., Notions Practiques de Mécanique de la Rupture, Ed. Eyrolles, 1980.

Juvinall, R.C., Engineering Considerations of Stress, Strain and Strength, Ed. McGraw Hill, 1967.

Rooke, D.P., Cartwright, D.J., Compendium of Stress Intensity Factors, Here Majesty´s Stationery Office, London, 1976.

BS 7448: Part 1: 1991; Fracture Mechanics Toughness Methods Tests: Part 1. Methods for determination of K1c, critical CTOD and critical J values of metallic materials, British Standards Institution, 1991.