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Steels and Cast Irons

Summary

The goal is to acquaint students in a simple form with the influence of the most important elements, heat / thermochemical treatment and metallurgical technologies (casting, forming) on the structural characteristics and properties (mechanical, physical and chemical) of the most important types of steels and cast irons.

Literature

MESQUITA, R.A. Tool Steels. Properties and Performance. Boca Raton: Teylor and Francis Group, LLC. 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1-4398-8171-2 .

BHADESHIA, H.K.D.H. Bainite in Metals - Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Maney Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-909 662-74-2.

DAVIS, J.R. ASM Specialty Handbook: Cast Irons. Laredo: ASM International, 1996. ISBN 0871705648 , 9780871705648.

Advised literature

CAMPBELL, J. Compete Casting Handbook. London: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 1856178099 .

BERNS, H. and W. THEISE. Ferous Materials: Steel and Cast Iron. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-71847-5 .


Language of instruction čeština
Code 653-2017
Abbreviation OAL
Course title Steels and Cast Irons
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator Ing. Kateřina Konečná, Ph.D.