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Engineering Structural Integrity: Energy and Power Applications
Short course
In Bedfordshire ()
Description
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Type
Short course
Course structure The Engineering Structural Integrity course is held over one week. Theoretical lectures are complemented by practical tutorials, activities in the University Structural Integrity Lab and speakers invited from industry to share expertise. All delegates will receive a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course.
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Subjects
- Mechanics
- Engineering
Course programme
The course aims to give you the background to oversee the implementation of engineering criticality and structural integrity based fitness-for-service assessments of large steel structures and components through an integrated understanding of engineering materials, fatigue, fracture mechanics, inspection and reliability models, tests and standards.
Core content
- Introduction & Structural Design Philosophies
- Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth
- Fracture Mechanics (1) – Derivation of G and K
- Fracture Mechanics (2) – LEFM and EPFM
- Fracture Mechanics (3) – Evaluation of Fracture Mechanics Parameters; K and J
- Fracture Toughness Testing and Analysis; KIC and JIC
- Creep Deformation and Crack Growth
- Non Destructive Testing Methods
- Inspection Reliability
- Defect Assessment, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Welded Components
- Fracture of Composites
- Corrosion Engineering.
Engineering Structural Integrity: Energy and Power Applications