636-0416 – Fundamentals of Advanced Structural Materials (ZPKM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Material Engineering |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Jaroslav Sojka |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Outline the internal structure of structural materials on different scale ranges;
- Describe the basic properties of structural materials;
- Clarify relationships between internal structure and properties of structural materials;
- Describe principal characteristics, advantages and drawbacks, of four groups of structural materials – metallic materials, polymers, ceramics and composites;
- Compare advantages and disadvantages of each group of structural materials.
Teaching methods
Lectures
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Experimental work in labs
Summary
Materials in the human civilisation evolution; basic classification of materials; natural materials; metals and their alloys; ceramic materials; polymer materials; composites; examples of materials used in selected branches - medicine, sports, transport, building industry etc.
Compulsory literature:
1. W. D. Callister: Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, USA, 2005, 712 p.
Recommended literature:
1. M. Ohring: Engineering Materials Science, Academic Press Inc., San Diego, USA, 1995, 827 p.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.