653-3019/01 – Engineering Materials (TechMat)

Gurantor department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling	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	Compulsory
Year	1	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2022/2023	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FMT	Intended for study types	Follow-up Master

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
JON37	doc. Ing. Petr Jonšta, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit and Examination	3+2
Part-time	Credit and Examination	18+0

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:

SOJKA, J. Engineering materials. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Available from: http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/MMT/Engineering%20Materials.pdf CALLISTER, W. D. Materials science and engineering: an introduction. 7. vyd. New York: Wiley, 2007. ISBN 978-0-471-73696-7. OHRING, M. Engineering materials science. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. ISBN 0-12-524995-0. ASHBY, M. F. a D. R. H. JONES. Engineering materials 2: an introduction to microstructures, processing. 4. vyd. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-08-096668-7.

Recommended literature:

GUPTA, K. M. Engineering materials: research, applications and advances. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-5797-7.

Additional study materials

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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; char Chacteristics 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

Full-time form (validity from: 2022/2023 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination	Credit and Examination	100 (100)	51
Credit	Credit	35	21
Examination	Examination	65	30	3

Mandatory attendence participation: Min. 80 % mandatory participation in exercises. Elaboration of assigned projects.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Completion of all compulsory tasks within individually agreed deadlines.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2025/2026	(N0719A270004) Materials and technologies for energy industry		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2025/2026	(N0719A270004) Materials and technologies for energy industry		K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2024/2025	(N0719A270004) Materials and technologies for energy industry		P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2024/2025	(N0719A270004) Materials and technologies for energy industry		K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2024/2025	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2023/2024	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270002) Materials Engineering	(S01) Advanced engineering materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Optional	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S03) Forming of Progressive Metallic Materials	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S01) Advanced Technologies of Metals Production	P	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan
2022/2023	(N0715A270003) Metallurgical engineering	(S02) Foundry Technologies	K	Czech	Ostrava	1	Compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner

Assessment of instruction

2023/2024 Winter

2022/2023 Winter