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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Materials Rheology

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 542-0975/03
Abbreviation RM
Course title Materials Rheology
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Libor Hlaváč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the definition of the time factor in the stress strain processes, with theoretical and experimental approaches to study the issue and the major benefits of these approaches to applications in practice.
Topics:
Rheological characteristics of basic symptoms in a wide range of natural and man-made materials
The main physical resources of rheology of material (aging) - changes in structure or physical chemical material properties, utility properties
Chemical sources of rheological changes and their relationship to ecology, industrial activities, as waste products of human existence and activity
Rheology of rock materials - cause changes in properties, characteristic signs of changes, these changes in ways of slowing
Rheology of concrete and steel reinforcement in natural and industrial conditions, and especially in terms of static and dynamic strength characteristics
Rheological manifestations in landfills of industrial and municipal waste, bulk materials, soils, etc.

Literature

H.A. Barnes, J.F. Hutton, K. Walters: An Introduction to Rheology. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989, 212p.

Advised literature

Reiner,M.: Deformation, Strain and Flow. H.K. Levis&Co.Ltg., London, 1960
(německý překlad: Reiner,M.: Rheologie. VEB Leipzig, 1967)