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Properties and testing of materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 330-0308/05
Abbreviation VZM
Course title Properties and testing of materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. František Fojtík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction - crystalline and amorphous structure.
2. Defects in the crystalline structure.
3. Tensile tests and mechanical properties of materials.
4. Hook´s law, Poisson´s law, stress, deformations. Anisotropy.
5. Stress and strain tensor transformation.
6. Strength hypothesis. Haigh\\\'s experiments.
7. Stress concentration. Fracture.
8. Fatigue of materials.
9. Creep and relaxation of materials.
10. Residual stress measurement. Non-Destructive Evaluation and defectoscopy.
11. Corrosion and mechanisms of wear.
12. Non ferrous metals. Ceramics.
13. Polymers and their mechanical testing.
14. Composites. Material selection process.

E-learning

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Literature

[1] Kutz, Myer. Mechanical Engineers' Handbook: Materials and Mechanical Design, Volume 1, Third Edition. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2006.
[2] With, G. de. Structure, Deformation, and Integrity of Materials; Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2006.

Advised literature

[1] Ashby, M.F., Jones, D.R.H.Engineering Materials 1, An Introduction to Properties, Applications, and Design. 4th edition.Elsevier Ltd. 2012. 472p.
[2] Ashby, M.F., Jones, D.R.H.Engineering Materials 2, An Introduction to Microstructures and Processing. 4th edition.Elsevier Ltd. 2013. 553p.