A.
• Reminders from the Mechanics of Deformable Bodies. Elements from the Theory of Elasticity: Stress and strain as tensors, strain energy density.
• Fracture and Failure of Materials: The theory of strain energy density (Mises), the theory of maximum shear stress (Tresca), the theory of internal friction (Mohr-Coulomb).
• Elements from the Theory of Fracture Mechanics: Stress concentration and stress intensity, Stress fields around geometrical discontinuities. Circular holes. Notches. Cracks. Griffith’s theory. Energy considerations. Crack Opening Displacement (COD). The plastic zone around cracks.
• Static Loading: Tension, Torsion, Shear, Compression, Buckling, Bending, Hardness.
• The Influence of Time: Elements from the Theory of Rheology (Creep, Relaxation). Fatigue. Impact loading.
B.
• The role of the experiment in Strength of Materials: Design and realization of an experiment. Experimental data acquisition, storage and processing. Report writing.
• Experimental study on the mechanical behaviour and failure of materials:
Tension of metallic materials.
Compression and buckling of metals and concrete.
Tri-axial loading of concrete.
Three and four poing bending of concrete beams.
Metal hardness measurements.
Torsion of metallic bars.
Creep and relaxation.
Non-destructive testing using ultrasounds.
Impact, fatigue.
Fracture due to geometric discontinuities (hole, crack).