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How is safety built into the design of new structures? What sort of tests are used to ascertain the safety of proposed designs? Structural integrity, the study of the safe design and assessment of materials and structures under load, has become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are very few manufactured components and products that do not experience any loading during their life. The tracks on this album demonstrate a selection of specialised tests designed to tell us about the behaviour of materials under certain conditions. They also show how failure assessment can be used to obtain information as to why a component or structure failed, to better inform future designs. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure.

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How is safety built into the design of new structures? What sort of tests are used to ascertain the safety of proposed designs? Structural integrity, the study of the safe design and assessment of materials and structures under load, has become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are very few manufactured components and products that do not experience any loading during their life. The tracks on this album demonstrate a selection of specialised tests designed to tell us about the behaviour of materials under certain conditions. They also show how failure assessment can be used to obtain information as to why a component or structure failed, to better inform future designs. This material forms part of the course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure.

    Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

    Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

    Transcript -- Structural Integrity: Materials Testing

    A short introduction to this album.

    • video
    Photoelasticity

    Photoelasticity

    A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material.

    • 3 min
    Transcript -- Photoelasticity

    Transcript -- Photoelasticity

    A technique that allows us to visualise the magnitude of stress occurring inside a material.

    • video
    Testing Materials: Beam & Column

    Testing Materials: Beam & Column

    Measuring the response of the material to an applied load.

    • 7 min
    Transcript -- Testing Materials: Beam & Column

    Transcript -- Testing Materials: Beam & Column

    Measuring the response of the material to an applied load.

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