Composites

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	635-3038/01
Abbreviation	KM
Course title	Composites
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Hana Ovčačíková

Subject syllabus

• Composites – definition, composition
• Composites classification – basic types and their properties
• Types of matrix and reinforcing phases, their interaction, structure
• Composite manufacturing, fiber production and treatment
• Polymer matrix composites
• Ceramic matrix composites, ceramic coatings
• Special ceramic materials – definition, dividing
• Special methods of shaping
• Construction and functional ceramics.
• Semiconducting and ceramic with ionic conductivity.
• Piezoelectric, ferromagnetic, superconducting ceramic
• Glassceramics, metallic glasses and enamel

Literature

[1] IMANAKA, Y. Advances Ceramis Technologies & Product. The Ceramic Society of Japan, Springer 2012, p. 575. ISBN 978-4-431-53913-1.
[2] CARTER, C. B., NORTON, M. G. Ceramic Materials. 2007. ISBN 978-0-387-46271-4.
[3] CHINN, R., E. Ceramography: preparation and analysis of ceramic microstructures. ASM International, 2002. .
[4] BERRY, R. S., RICE. S. A., ROSS, J. Physical Chemistry. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. .

Advised literature

[1] BARRY C., C., GRANOT N., M. Ceramic Materials, Science and Engineering. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-46270-7.
[2] DOMONE, P., ILLSTON, J. Construction Materials: Their Nature and Behaviour. 4st ed. London: Spon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-46516-8.
[3] KOLLER, A. Structure and Properties of Ceramics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1994. ISBN 0-444-98719-3.

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