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Structural Materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 345-0349/02
Abbreviation KM
Course title Structural Materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Mechanical Technology
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Lucie Krejčí, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to thermodynamics of materials, phase transformations, basic binary diagrams.
2. Technical iron and its alloys, iron - carbon system.
3. Production of iron and steel, influence of elements on properties of the iron alloys.
4. Cast irons.
5. Heat treatments of steels and its influence on the resulting mechanical properties, TTT and CCT diagrams.
6. Destructive testing of metals.
7. Steel grades, steel designation systems.
8. Conventional structural steels and low alloyed steels.
9. Stainless steels - high-alloyed chrome steels and chromium-nickel austenitic steels.
10. Structural steels for special applications and tool steels.
11. Non-ferrous metals with low, medium and high melting temperatures, light and nobel metals.
12. Non-ferrous metals and its alloys.
13. Properties of plastics and its use in mechanical engineering industry.
14. Composite and ceramic materials.



Literature

CALLISTER, W. D.; RETHWISCH, D. G. Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction. 10th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1119405498 .
EN 10020. Definition and classification of grades of steel. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2000. (standards.globalspec.com)
EN 10027-1. Designation systems for steels – Part 1: Steel names. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2016. (standards.globalspec.com)
EN 10027-2. Designation systems for steels – Part 2: Numerical system. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2015.
EN 10088-1. Stainless steels – Part 1: List of stainless steels. Brussels: European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 2023. (knowledge.bsigroup.com)
EN ISO 6892-1. Metallic materials – Tensile testing – Part 1: Method of test at room temperature. Geneva: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2019.
EN ISO 148-1. Metallic materials – Charpy pendulum impact test – Part 1: Test method. Geneva: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2016.
EN ISO 6506-1. Metallic materials – Brinell hardness test – Part 1: Test method. Geneva: International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2014.

Advised literature

WALTON, D., J., LORIMER, J., P. Polymers. Oxford University Press, 2001,
160pp.
CALLISTER, W. D.; RETHWISCH, D. G. Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction. 10th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1119405498 .