Structural Integrity Assessment - ZEIT4006

 
Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  School of Engineering & Information Technology @ ADFA
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course provides an overview of structural integrity assessment for Aerospace and Mechanical engineers, starting with an introduction to Non-Destructive Inspection techniques. The traditional NDI techniques employed in the ADF for structural integrity assessment including liquid penetrants, ultrasonics, magnetic particle, radiography and eddy current testing will be covered and some new and emerging health monitoring methods will be introduced. This will be followed by an introduction to Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue and their applications to damage tolerance and durability assessment.