Thermal Stress and Thermal Shock of Materials

Course Outline

Engineers, architects and contractors can use this course as a necessary training material to ensure a basic understanding of the thermal stress and thermal shock of materials or as a supplement to the course M153 - Fundamentals of Material Science. This course explains how thermal stress and thermal shock combined with pressure can cause major damage to components, and describes the methods in preventing the system from thermal shock. The course materials are based entirely on Module 3 - Thermal Shock in Volume 2 of the U.S. Department of Energy's Fundamentals Handbook - Material Science.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of course materials.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Define various technical terms related to thermal stress and thermal shock of materials;
• Understand the causes of thermal shock;
• Calculate the thermal stress on a material using Hooke's Law; and
• Understand how the pressure in a closed system affects the severity of thermal shock.
  

Course Content

In this course, you are required to study the following U.S. DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Material Science (Module 3 of Volume 2)

Fundamentals Handbook - Material Science (Module 3, Volume 2) (1993 edition, 16 pages, PDF file).

Please click on the above underlined hypertext to view, download or print the document for your study.

The following contains the outline of Module 3, Volume 2 of the DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Material Science:

• ABSTRACT
• FOREWORD
• OVERVIEW
• Module 3 Thermal Shock
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • REFERENCES
  • OBJECTIVES
  • THERMAL STRESS
    • Thermal Shock
    • Summary
  • Pressurized Thermal Shock
    • Definition
    • Evaluating Effects of PTS
    • Locations of Primary Concern
      
    • Summary
  
  

Related Links

For additional technical information related to this subject, please visit the following websites or web pages:

Topic 3.8: Thermal Stress/Strain & Deformation
About.com: Thermal Stress Cracking
Materials Science Resources on the Web
ASM (American Society for Metals) International

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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