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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

History of the Metalcasting Industry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 632-0709/02
Abbreviation DHS
Course title History of the Metalcasting Industry
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Tomáš Elbel, CSc.

Course aims

student wil be able to describe development of metal melting and casting technologies;
student wil be able to form a time axis of development;
student wil be able to identify individual prehistorical and historical civilization centres;
student wil be able to demonstrate examples of important artefacts from individual historical development phases.

Literature

SIMPSON,B.L.: History of the metalcasting industry, Illinois,AFS,268s. ISBN 0-87433-175-7 

Advised literature

TYLECOTE R. F.: A History of Metallurgy, The Institut of Materials 1992