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Analysis of stress field in the vicinity of fatigue crack in IPE made from stainless steel
Juhászová, Tereza ; Malíková, Lucie (referee) ; Seitl, Stanislav (advisor)
The master thesis is focused on analysis of stress field in the vicinity of stress concentration of stainless steel IPE beam loaded in tree point bending. Theoretical part includes introduction to fracture mechanics with basic terms, principles and variables used to describe fatigue behaviour of material. It concludes teoretical grounds of fracture tests which are future focus of the thesis, methodes used by numerical softwares and methodes used to obtain numerical results. Practical part includes comparision between two and three dimensional numerical models in three point bending, IPE model with different crack front shapes and plastic zone size. Numerical modelling was processed in Ansys Mechanical APDL. Thesis also involves results of experimental testing evaluated using numerical model.
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Preparation and Characterization of Porous Magnesium Based Materials
Březina, Matěj ; Pacal, Bohumil (referee) ; Vojtěch, Dalibor (referee) ; Ptáček, Petr (advisor)
Bulk magnesium materials produced nowadays via powder metallurgy are based on a vastly extensive technological spectrum, which makes it possible to create a wide range of materials. This work focuses on the preparation of bulk materials from magnesium powder by cold pressing and hot pressing, sintering and field assisted sintering. The bulk materials were prepared in a series of compacting pressures from 100 MPa to 500 MPa and the sintering temperatures were selected in the range of 300 ° C to 600 ° C in order to characterize the influence of the manufacturing conditions and technology on the final properties of bulk materials. Prepared materials were evaluated in terms of microstructure, hardness, microhardness, three-point bend test, and fractography. From the hot pressed materials, the samples prepared at 400 and 500 MPa and 400 °C had the highest strength and hardness. The classic sintering of magnesium in the furnace with argon atmosphere proved to be ineffective due to the oxide layer on the surface and the presence of oxygen in technical argon. The SPS sintering (Spark Plasma Sintering) was the more effective with the lower applying pressure used to make the preforms and with the higher applied pressure during the SPS process itself. Highest strength and hardness were achieved in this case of materials sintered at 600 ° C prepared from free powder and the most porous preform (100 MPa). The bulk materials were prepared using all methods used, but the properties of these materials varied considerably depending on the technology used.
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An efficiency comparison of simulation methods for artificial neural network training and inverse analysis
Nezval, Michal ; Novák, Drahomír (referee) ; Lehký, David (advisor)
The thesis deals with inverse analysis which is based on combination of artificial neural network and stochastic methods. The goal is to compare an efficiency of new simulation method Hierarchical Subset Latin Hypercube Sampling to classical Monte Carlo method and standard Latin Hypercube Sampling method used for neural network training. The efficiency is compared for a different neural network structures. The inverse analysis is then applied for engineering tasks – identification of limit state fiction parameters related to pitched-roof frame and material parameters of concrete specimen subjected to three-point bending. Finally an efficiency of Hierarchical Subset Latin Hypercube method comparing to Monte Carlo and Latin Hypercube Sampling methods is discussed.
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Bend specimens: Numerical support in software ANSYS
Viszlay, Viliam ; Šimonová, Hana (referee) ; Seitl, Stanislav (advisor)
The aim of the thesis is the investigation of fracture-mechanics parameters on specimens made of quasi-brittle materials. The principles of two-parameter fracture mechanics are used. Couple of numerical simulations were done and their outputs are used for two main analysed specimen geometries. For simulations the finite element method software ANSYS is used. In the first part, the thesis focuses on bended specimens. The influence of different geometric parameters on fracture mechanics behaviour of cracked specimen is investigated. For model calibration the outputs of other authors are used. In the second part the specimens for modified compact-tension test (CT test) are analysed. Similar to the first part, the influence of geometric parameters of the specimen (in this case, the specimen size) on fracture mechanics parameters were investigated. The modified CT test was derived from CT test which is commonly used for metal materials testing as the suitable geometry for cement-based composite materials testing. The outputs of both parts are calibration polynomials, which are expressions obtained for different specimen geometries, giving the value of fracture mechanics parameter as the function of specimen geometry. As the example, calibration curves are used to obtain fracture toughness of tested material using the outputs from recent experiment.
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Multi-element Systems of Biomaterials Based on Magnesium and Zinc
Hasoňová, Michaela ; Nový, František (referee) ; Vojtěch, Dalibor (referee) ; Doležal, Pavel (advisor)
Dissertation thesis deals with basic research in the field of materials from pure Zn powders and Mg, Zn, and Ca binary mixtures prepared by powder metallurgy. General powder metallurgy principles and methods, a brief description of Mg, Zn, and Ca structure and properties, and the latest research in the field of bulk materials preparation from these elements via powder metallurgy are summarized in the theoretical part of the thesis. The experimental part focuses on the preparation of materials from finer and coarser Zn powder particles by hot pressing at 300 and 400 °C using the pressure of 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 MPa. Binary mixtures based on Mg with the addition of Zn or Ca were prepared by hot pressing in the solid-state (300 °C) and hot pressing in the semi-solid state (400 °C, 450 °C in the case of Mg-Ca system) using the pressure of 500 MPa. Binary mixtures based on Zn with the addition of Mg or Ca were prepared by hot pressing in the semi-solid state (400 °C) using the pressure of 500 MPa. The prepared materials were evaluated in terms of microstructure, elemental and phase composition, microhardness, flexural strength, and fractography. The results showed that in the case of processed from pure Zn powders, a better combination of the flexural strength and displacement was achieved in the case of the finer Zn powder, namely in the material prepared at a temperature of 400 °C and a pressure of 500 MPa. In the case of mixtures, the best connection between the powder particles was achieved in the case of a material based on finer Zn powder with 0.5 wt.% of Mg, which had a significant effect on the achieved values of flexural strength and displacement. The amount of minor powder in the mixture had a significant effect on the prepared material structure and phase composition, while the processing conditions influenced the reached strength characteristics and fracture mechanism.
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Porušování jemnozrnného cementového kompozitu v blízkosti rozhraní plniva a matrice
Vyhlídal, Michal ; Kabele,, Petr (referee) ; Profant, Tomáš (referee) ; Keršner, Zbyněk (advisor)
The Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) between the aggregate grain/reinforcement bar and the matrix is considered to be the weakest element in cementitious composites and is, according to some authors, directly responsible for the nonlinear (more precisely, quasi-brittle) behavior of the composites. The aim of this work is verification of the generally accepted paradigm of the weakest element by means of fracture experiments and corresponding numerical simulations. In the experimental part, in addition to traditional fracture tests, modern methods of 3D scanning, scanning electron microscopy, chemical analysis using an electron microprobe and nanoindentation were used. In the numerical part, models based on generalized linear elastic fracture mechanics as well as modern models intended for the simulation of cement composites, namely crack band model with smeared cracks and the Microplane model, were used. Based on the results, the numerical part was complemented by the Cohesive Zone Material model simulating the behavior of the interface. All results are discussed and put into context with already published work. The main conclusion of the work is that the properties of the ITZ do not have such an influence on the behavior of cement composites as the adhesion between the inclusion and the ITZ, i.e. the matrix.
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Design of concrete elements with FRP reinforcement
Mrkvová, Kateřina ; Lagiň, Juraj (referee) ; Kostiha, Vojtěch (advisor)
This diploma thesis focuses on deflection of reinforced concrete structures with FRP rebar. The thesis presents and compares various approaches on deflection of reinforced concrete structures with steel and FRP rebar based on national and international standards and existing research. The aim of the thesis is to point out differences among the various approaches and present the most suitable one for the particular case. Based on theoretical and experimental results, the goal is to modify one of the existing approaches or present a new method which would correspond with real deflection behaviour of FRP reinforced concrete beam. Simply supported beam with three-point bending was selected as a reference element. Analytical study and numerical analyses by ATENA software are performed. Results of analytical and numerical study are compared to experimental results.
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Analysis of stress field in the vicinity of fatigue crack in IPE made from stainless steel
Juhászová, Tereza ; Malíková, Lucie (referee) ; Seitl, Stanislav (advisor)
The master thesis is focused on analysis of stress field in the vicinity of stress concentration of stainless steel IPE beam loaded in tree point bending. Theoretical part includes introduction to fracture mechanics with basic terms, principles and variables used to describe fatigue behaviour of material. It concludes teoretical grounds of fracture tests which are future focus of the thesis, methodes used by numerical softwares and methodes used to obtain numerical results. Practical part includes comparision between two and three dimensional numerical models in three point bending, IPE model with different crack front shapes and plastic zone size. Numerical modelling was processed in Ansys Mechanical APDL. Thesis also involves results of experimental testing evaluated using numerical model.
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Expected Fatigue Crack Propagation with Selected Geometric Shapes in IPE 80
Juhászová, Tereza ; Seitl, Stanislav ; Miarka, Petr
The focus of this contribution is to investigate fatigue behaviour of I cross-section beam. Stainless steel IPE beam with initiate concentrator is loaded in three point bending and the crack growth rate is analysed for various crack front shapes. Stress intensity factor size in the crack tip is being investigated in relation to growth rate of discontinuity. Load number of cycles is predictable basing on hypothesis of fatigue behaviour of material and the results are compared to experimental results of studies performed on compact tension specimen made from the similar material.
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