Podcasts by Structural Integrity: Materials Testing - for iPad/Mac/PC
How is safety built into the design of new structures? What sort of tests are used to ascertain the safety of proposed designs? Structural integrity, the study of the safe design and assessment of materials and structures under load, has become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are very few manufactured components and products that do not experience any loading during their life. The tracks on this album demonstrate a selection of specialised tests designed to tell us about the behaviour of materials under certain conditions. They also show how failure assessment can be used to obtain information as to why a component or structure failed, to better inform future designs. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure.
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Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Materials Testing from 2010-02-11T03:10:07
A short introduction to this album.
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Photoelasticity from 2009-05-12T20:31:13
A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material.
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Transcript -- Photoelasticity from 2009-05-12T20:31:12
A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material.
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Testing Materials: Beam & Column from 2009-05-12T20:30:13
Measuring the response of the material to an applied load.
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Transcript -- Testing Materials: Beam & Column from 2009-05-12T20:30:12
Measuring the response of the material to an applied load.
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Drilling holes from 2009-05-12T20:29:13
The method for measuring the residual stress profile near the surface of a sample when drilling a hole.
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Transcript -- Drilling holes from 2009-05-12T20:29:12
The method for measuring the residual stress profile near the surface of a sample when drilling a hole.
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Plane Strain from 2009-05-12T20:28:13
Examining the characteristics of plane strain, and the methods used to measure plane strain fracture toughness.
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Transcript -- Plane Strain from 2009-05-12T20:28:12
Examining the characteristics of plane strain, and the methods used to measure plane strain fracture toughness.
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Transcript -- Corus: Specialised Tests from 2009-05-12T20:27:12
A company working on toughness testing to improve fabrication methods and develop new uses for materials.
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Toughness Testing from 2009-05-12T20:26:13
Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement.
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Transcript -- Toughness Testing from 2009-05-12T20:26:12
Creating and fracturing a fatigue crack in order to record load and displacement.
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Interpreting Results from 2009-05-12T20:25:13
Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines.
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Transcript -- Interpreting Results from 2009-05-12T20:25:12
Finding out the toughness result of different materials, such as the steel used in pipelines.
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Damage Analysis from 2009-05-12T20:24:13
How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline.
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Transcript -- Damage Analysis from 2009-05-12T20:24:12
Transcript -- How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline.
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Transcript -- Damage Analysis from 2009-05-12T20:24:12
Transcript -- How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline.
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Transcript -- Damage Analysis from 2009-05-12T20:24:12
How to calculate whether damage has compromised the structural integrity of a pipeline.
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