Course: Strength and Failure of Structural Materials

Lecturer

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Niendorf

Learning objectives

  • Basic knowledge of the most important failure mechanisms of structural materials and corresponding design specifications

Contents

  • Overview of the most important failure phenomena
  • Fundamentals of elasticity theory
  • Residual stresses
  • Material resistance variables for important stress cases
  • Relationship between microstructure and strength
  • Treatment of notch-free, notched, cracked and residual stress components
  • Introduction to fracture mechanics

Date (summer semester)

  • On Mondays, 10-12 am, Campus Center, room 1118 (seminar room 5)
  • On Fridays, 8-10 am, Moenchebergstr. 3, room 2120

Information and documents

  • Registration required - from March 2025 via HIS!
    All information and documents will be published this semester via Moodle (https://moodle.uni-kassel.de/). Students who have registered in HIS by April 13, 2025 will receive the registration key for this course by mail on April 14, 2025.

This course will be taught in German.