653-2211/02 – Ceramics, composites, polymers (KKPn)
| Gurantor department | Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petra Váňová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petra Váňová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will learn the following:
- characterise ceramic, composite and polymeric materials from the viewpoint of their structure and properties;
-optimise their properties from the perspective of the purpose of use;
-relate the structure with the properties for achievement of better service properties of the given materials;
- select suitable material for certain use.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Field trip
Summary
-Ceramics as an important technical material and its classification. Technological processes for the production of technical ceramics. Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors affecting the strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties. Brittleness of ceramics and its causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials.
-Polymer materials, historical aspects. Thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers. Classification and characteristics of polymer materials.
-Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. Particle composites with various types of matrices. Fiber composites, general characteristics of fibers, fiber composites with a polymer matrix.
-General principles of the relationship between structure and strength properties. Properties of the most famous technical materials - ceramics, polymers, composites, applications in practice, perspectives of their further development and use.
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 - 1 writen test, 3 writen programs during the semester;
Final verification of study results: writen test, oral exam.
E-learning
https://www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/cs/subject/653-2211/02
Other requirements
There are no further special requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
-Ceramics as an important technical material, classification, oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, mixed ceramics, cutting ceramics, bioceramics. Technological processes for the production of technical ceramics, ceramic powders and their characteristics, shaping of ceramic powders.
-Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors influencing the strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties.
-Brittleness of ceramics, factors influencing mechanical properties. Causes of brittleness of ceramics, principal causes, secondary causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials.
-Properties of the most famous technical ceramic materials, use of technical ceramics in practice, perspectives of its further development and use.
-Polymer materials, historical aspects. Polymerization, polyaddition, polycondensation.
-Classification and characteristics of polymer materials. Thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers.
-Mechanical properties of polymer materials.
-Classification of rubbers, natural and synthetic rubber. Basic process of production of natural and synthetic rubber. Phenomenological foundations of viscoelasticity. Rheological models.
-Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. General characteristics of matrices. Geometry of reinforcement.
-Particle composites, particle composites with polymer matrix, particle composites with ceramic matrix, particle composites with metal matrix.
-Fiber composites, general characteristics of fibers. Glass, carbon, polymer fibers.
-Fiber composites with polymer matrix.
-Lamination technology, principles of dimensioning of laminate structures, methods of testing laminates, applications in practice.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction