Ciencia de Los Materiales: Dr. Ing. Martin Duarte Guigou
Ciencia de Los Materiales: Dr. Ing. Martin Duarte Guigou
Ciencia de Los Materiales: Dr. Ing. Martin Duarte Guigou
Porqu
Materiales?
Entender las propiedades de los
materiales es esencial para lograr el
mejor uso de estos.
Y esto es as desde el uso
prehistrico de la piedra hasta el
Puente de Oresund.
Porqu
Materiales?
Porqu
Materiales?
Los materiales no siempre son perfectos. Pueden
fallar, y a veces lo hacen con consecuencias serias.
Entender estos procesos debe ayudar a prevenirlos
La Ciencia e Ingeniera de los Materiales es un campo
que cambia hasta demasiado rpidamente y afecta
fuertemente el mundo a nuestro alrededor.
Se aplican enormes esfuerzos en desarrollar materiales
cada vez mas capaces, a la vez que amigables conel
medio ambiente y si es posible, recicables.
Ver el desarrollo de la Ingeniera de Materiales detras de
la vida diaria es uno de los objetivos de este curso.
Ashby - Engineering Materials (2nd ed. 1998) Volume 1 - An Introduction to their Properties and Applications
Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during
World War II.
The average ship took about 42 days to build.
The record was set by Robert E. Peary, which was launched 4
days and 15 1/2 hours after the keel was laid, although this
publicity stunt was not repeated and in fact much fitting-out and
other work remained to be done after the Peary was launched.
The ships were made assembly-line style, from prefabricated
sections. In 1943, three new Liberty ships were being completed
every day.
2 accidents
56 killed
Engineers subjected an identical airframe, G-ALYU ("Yoke Uncle"), to repeated re-pressurisation and over-pressurisation
and after 3,057 flight cycles (1,221 actual and 1,836 simulated), Yoke Uncle failed due to metal fatigue near the front
port-side escape hatch. Investigators began considering fatigue as the most likely cause of both accidents and initiated
further research into measurable strain on the skin. Stress around the window corners was found to be much higher than
expected, "probably over 40,000 psi," and stresses on the skin were generally more than previously expected or tested.
This was due to stress concentration,
concentration a consequence of the window's square shape.
The problem was exacerbated by the punch rivet construction technique employed. The windows had been engineered to
be glued and riveted, but had been punch riveted only. Unlike drill riveting, the imperfect nature of the hole created by
punch riveting may cause the start of fatigue cracks around the rivet.
(1)
Report of the Public Inquiry into the causes and circumstances of the accident which
occurred on the 10 January 1954, to the Comet aircraft G-ALYP, Part XI (a. 69)
2 Boilers Exploded
1 Heine, 1 Sterling
Mobile Electric Company Power Plant
Mobile, Alabama, February 21, 1919
4 Killed
Tank Explosion
St Louis Hide & Tallow Co. Rendering Plant.
St. Louis, Missouri, November 13, 1918
1 Killed, 1 Injured
martin.duarte@ucu.edu.uy