After successful completion of the course, students are able to put the teaching content into practice, as eg. Steel and lightweight structures, boilers and pressure vessel, chemical plants, shipbuilding, transportation (automobiles, railways), aerospace applications in regards to standards and specification, design, choice of materials, welding processes, site welding (transport and final assembly), consumables, welding procedures, tolerances on weld preparation and fit-up, post weld heat treatment, NDT and quality control, cracking phenomena of welded joints, behaviour and design of welded structures under different types of loading and under cyclic loading, design of welded pressure equipment, economical considerations, repair welds

Steel and lightweight structures, boilers and pressure vessel, chemical plants, shipbuilding, transportation (automobiles, railways), aerospace applications in regards to standards and specification, design, choice of materials, welding processes, site welding (transport and final assembly), consumables, welding procedures, tolerances on weld preparation and fit-up, post weld heat treatment, NDT and quality control, cracking phenomena of welded joints, behaviour and design of welded structures under different types of loading and under cyclic loading, design of welded pressure equipment, economical considerations, repair welds

Submission of a (seminar) paper, introduction into the use of the corresponding standards und software applications, group work, discussion and presentation of case studies, …

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)

Written, oral, and practical exam to verify, if the teaching contents are fulfilled.

At the introduction lecture in Prechtlsaal, Hauptgebäude, Karlsplatz 13

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