Diffraction Analysis of Mechanical Stress

Course guarantor:

Nikolaj Ganev, Ivo Kraus

Lecturer:

Nikolaj Ganev, Ivo Kraus

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Solid State Engineering

Synopsis:

Course description: The course contains the fundamentals of diffraction stress analysis with a strong emphasis on the illustrations of the capability of X-ray diffraction to solve engineering problems.

Requirements:

Knowledge of fundamentals of X-ray and neutron diffraction on polycrystalline materials.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Principles of X-ray diffraction 2. Non-destructive testing of materials 3. Load and residual stresses 4. Non-uniform stress fields 5. Elastic anisotropy 6. Stresses in engineering ceramics 7. Laser-beam processing, welding stress 8. Stress relaxation 9. Stresses after mechanical and thermochemical treatment 10. Residual stresses in composites and plastics 11. Practical work in laboratories.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge: ^^Principles of stress determination by X-ray methods. ^^Skills: ^^Orientation in the topics of the non-destructive materials testing.

Study materials:

Key references: ^^[1] Hauk, V.: Structural and Residual Stress Analysis by Nondestructive Methods, Elsevir, 1997. ^^Recommended references: ^^[2] Noyan I.C., Cohen J.B.: Residual Stress Measurements by Diffraction and Interpretation, Springer-Verlag, NY 1987.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	room Ganev N. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1)
Wed
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Fyzikální inženýrství materiálů (elective course)
• Inženýrství pevných látek (elective course)
• Solid State Engineering (elective course)