636-3019/03 – Engineering Materials (TechMat)
| Gurantor department | Department of Material Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Jonšta, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Jonšta, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- Outline the internal structure of structural materials on different scale ranges;
- Classify the basic properties of structural materials;
- Formulate 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;
- Illustrate advantages and disadvantages of each group of structural materials.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Development of new materials and special technologies. Material resistance against brittle fracture - principles of fracture mechanics. Strengthening mechanisms of engineering materials; Safety and reliability of structural materials. Structural steels with higher mechanical properties. Stainless and creep resistant materials. Tool materials. Non-ferrous metals. Polymer materials. Engineering ceramics. Composite materials.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Continuous verification of learning outcomes:
full-time study form – 2 written tests, 2 written programs during the semester;
combined study form – 1 semestral project.
Final verification of study results:
written exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no further special requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1. A survey of main groups of engineering materials; their usability in various industrial branches; principal mechanical properties of engineering materials.
2. Principal kinds of fracture of engineering materials – ductile, brittle fracture. Evaluation of resistance of engineering materials to brittle fracture. Materials containing defects – crack growth; critical crack size; Griffith´s criterion; Griffith-Orowan´s criterion; fracture toughness.
3. Strengthening mechanisms of metallic materials – deformation strengthening; grain boundary strengthening; solid solution strengthening; precipitation strengthening; phase transformation strengthening.
4. Steels and their basic classification. Harmful vs. useful elements in steels. Steels for use at ambient or low temperatures; weldable structural steels; micro-alloyed steels; steels with higher mechanical properties.
5. Principles of steel quenching and tempering; quenched and tempered steels – their characteristics and use.
6. Principles of corrosion of metallic materials – corrosion resistant steels and alloys.
7. Principles of creep of metallic materials – creep resistant steels and alloys.
8. Cast irons – classification, structure; main groups of cast irons – characteristics; use.
9. Important non-ferrous metals and alloys – aluminium; copper, nickel, titanium – structure, properties and use.
10. Engineering ceramics – basic classifications; methods of toughness increasing in engineering ceramics; use of ceramic materials.
11. Polymer materials – basic classification, principle reactions, internal structure of polymers; mechanical properties; characteristics of thermoplasts, thermosets and elastomers – fields of use.
12. Composites – classification, basic characteristics; particle-reinforced composites; fibre-reinforced composites – structure, properties and use.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction