Postgraduate Course: Materials and Structural Integrity of ORE Devices (IDCORE) (PGEE11259)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is designed to provide students with advanced skills and knowledge in materials selection and assessment of the structural integrity of offshore renewable devices. It will cover the selection of construction materials in ORE, including traditional metallic materials, newer materials, such as fibre-reinforced composites and emerging materials such as flexible materials. Students will explore the mechanical behaviour of each material category in a marine environment and understand the mechanisms of material failure in order that they can develop skills in the assessment and monitoring of structural integrity. The course will include site visits to see industry practice in the fields covered. |
| Course description |
Week 1: Composite and new flexible materials (E. McCarthy, M. Hossain)
1. Introduction to composite materials and micromechanics
2. Manufacturing of composites
3. Anisotropic elasticity
4. Composite laminated plate theory (CLPT)
5. Composite bending and failure theory
6. Composite testing, including visits to test facilities
7. Introduction to flexible (e.g., rubber-like) materials
8. Manufacturing and properties of flexible materials
9. Experimental characterisation and computational modelling
Week 2: Metallic materials and structural integrity assessment (S. Lotfian)
10. Introduction to structural design philosophies
11. Metallic materials in the marine environment
12. Fatigue in the marine environment ¿ including corrosion fatigue
13. Fracture mechanics (linear elastic fracture mechanics and introduction to elastic-plastic fracture mechanics)
14. Fatigue and degradation of flexible materials in marine conditions
15. Corrosion and corrosion control
16. Non-destructive testing and inspection reliability
17. Materials and Process selection methods
18. Visits to metal forming and material testing facilities.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 33,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 7.5,
External Visit Hours 8,
Online Activities 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 10.5,
Revision Session Hours 36,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Self study
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the processes for composite manufacturing and the mechanical test methods for fibre-reinforced polymers.
- Design polymer composite materials and structures using micromechanics and composite laminated plate theory.
- Assess the essential properties and relevant manufacturing processes of flexible materials.
- Analyse and predict the mechanical behaviour and life-dependent damage mechanisms of metallic materials under static and dynamic loading accounting for fatigue and corrosion.
- Identify and evaluate appropriate inspection techniques to evaluate the structural integrity of offshore renewable devices.
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Reading List
Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials, 4th edition, Leif. A. Carlsson et al, CRC Press, 2014.
Introduction to Composites Materials Design, 2nd edition, E. J. Barbero, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2011.
An Introduction to Composite Materials, 2nd edition, D. Hull, T.W. Clyne, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Composite Materials: Engineering and Science, F.L. Matthews and R. D. Rawlings, CRC Press, 1999.
Thermal Analysis of Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications, Joseph D. Menczel, R. Bruce Prime, Wiley, 2009.
Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Tomas Astrom, CRC Press, 1997.
Mechanics of Solid Polymers: Theory and Computational Modelling, J. Bergstroem, Elsevier, 2015.
Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers, I. M. Ward, J. Sweeney, Wiley, 2013.
Anderson, Ted L., Fracture mechanics: fundamentals and applications. CRC Press, 2017.
Milella, Pietro Paolo., Fatigue and corrosion in metals. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.
Mix, Paul E., Introduction to nondestructive testing: a training guide. John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Dieter, George Ellwood, and David J. Bacon., Mechanical metallurgy. Vol. 3. New York: McGraw-hill, 1986.
Ashby, Michael F., and Kara Johnson., Materials and design: the art and science of material selection in product design. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
Callister, William D., and David G. Rethwisch., Materials science and engineering: an introduction. Vol. 9. New York: Wiley, 2018.
Matthews, Frank L., and Rees D. Rawlings., Composite materials: engineering and science. CRC Press, 1999. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Materials,structures,composites,steels,design,stress analysis,failure,fatigue life |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Edward McCarthy
Tel:
Email: ed.mccarthy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Katrina Tait
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: k.tait@ed.ac.uk |
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