5 ECTS credits
130 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4017263DNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Mechanics of Materials and Constructions
Educational team
Danny Van Hemelrijck (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
36 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The following topics are discussed in the first part (experimental stress analysis): what can be measured – when – where – how, displacement measurement devices, strain measurements: strain gages, photo-elasticity, Moiré and recent full field optical measurement techniques (Digital Image Correlation, ESPI and Shearography).

The second part (NDT) will give an overview of the most important NDT-techniques like visual inspection, ultrasonic inspection, acoustic emission, thermography and X-rays. 

The students will be asked to study in detail an advanced topic related to experimental mechanics or related to NDT in civil engineering. They also have to present their results. During the laboratory work most of the available techniques will be used on a real civil engineering structure. 

Additional info

under construction

Learning Outcomes

under construction

under construction

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

- Detailed study and presentation of a subject related to experimental mechanics or  to NDT: 20%

- Laboratory work and presentation: 30%

- Oral examination: 50% 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)