653-2211/03 – 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 | English |
| 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/653-2211/03
Other requirements
There are no further special requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
-Ceramics as important technical material, classification, oxidic and non-oxidic ceramics, mixed and cutting ceramics, bio-ceramics. Technological procedures for production of technical ceramics, ceramic powders and their characteristics, shaping of ceramic powders.
-Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors influencing strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties.
-Brittleness of ceramics, factors influencing mechanical properties. Causes of brittleness of ceramics, fundamental causes, secondary causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials, general principles of relations of structure and strength properties, strengthening by effect of dispersive particles, strengthening by development of fine micro-cracks, strengthening by phase transformation, strengthening by high temperatures.
-Properties of the best known technical ceramic materials, use of technical ceramics in practice, perspectives of its future development and use.
-Polymeric materials, historical aspects. Polymerisation, poly-addition, poly-condensation. Plastic materials, elastomers, thermoset plastic materials, thermoplastics. Classification and characteristics of polymeric materials.
- Fractures of polymeric materials.
-Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. General characteristics of matrices. Geometry of reinforcements.
-Particle based composites, particle based composites with polymeric matrix, particle based composites with ceramic matrix, particle based composites with metallic matrix. Particle based dispersion-reinforced composites, particle based composites strengthened by single particles.
-Fibre composites, general characteristics of fibres, fibre composites with ceramic matrix, combination of phases and achieved marginal conditions. Process of crack bridging and strengthening of ceramic matrix with fibres.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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