After successful completion of the course, students are able to work out topics that have been brought to them in technically and scientifically adequat manner. They are capable of extracting information from scientific literature, text books as well as online sources and assemble this information into a global picture.
Selection of a fatigue strength example for mechanical engineering applications, fundamentals of fatigue strength Methods for characterizing the fatigue strength Increasing the fatigue strength of components.A (generic) list of topics is available as a pdf file
Development of an agreed topic and final presentation of the results in the framework of an adequate institute event (e.g., materialsTUday).
Final presentation.
Not necessary