Deformation and Failure

Education facts

Code: MTAD12

The course deals with deformation and failure mechanisms, toughness and high temperature properties in engineering materials. It also deals with basic fracture mechanics and fatigue theory including crack growth. Course emphasis is on metallic materials but polymers and composites are also treated. The course includes practical laboratory sessions where students work with metallographic test preparation, light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive Xray analysis, micro and macro hardness testing and impact testing. Students learn about modern methods for materials investigation and some skills in materials engineering laboratory work on a failure case and solve a material technical problem. Theoretical components with literature studies and calculations are also included. Instruction is in the form of lectures, exercises, and laboratory sessions. Based on a real failure case, students solve a materials problem involving theory and laboratory work.

Entry requirements

Registered for Materials Engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, Materials in Industrial Applications, 7.5 ECTS credits, Polymer Engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, Materials Characterisation, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Solid Mechanics, 7.5 ECTS credits, plus upper secondary level English 6, or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Deformation and Failure

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 29 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %