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Ceramics, composites, polymers

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-2211/01
Abbreviation KKPn
Course title Ceramics, composites, polymers
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petra Váňová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

-Ceramics as an important technical material, classification, oxide ceramics, non-oxide ceramics, mixed ceramics, cutting ceramics, bioceramics. Technological processes for the production of technical ceramics, ceramic powders and their characteristics, shaping of ceramic powders.
-Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors influencing the strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties.
-Brittleness of ceramics, factors influencing mechanical properties. Causes of brittleness of ceramics, principal causes, secondary causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials.
-Properties of the most famous technical ceramic materials, use of technical ceramics in practice, perspectives of its further development and use.
-Polymer materials, historical aspects. Polymerization, polyaddition, polycondensation.
-Classification and characteristics of polymer materials. Thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers.
-Mechanical properties of polymer materials.
-Classification of rubbers, natural and synthetic rubber. Basic process of production of natural and synthetic rubber. Phenomenological foundations of viscoelasticity. Rheological models.
-Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. General characteristics of matrices. Geometry of reinforcement.
-Particle composites, particle composites with polymer matrix, particle composites with ceramic matrix, particle composites with metal matrix.
-Fiber composites, general characteristics of fibers. Glass, carbon, polymer fibers.
-Fiber composites with polymer matrix.
-Lamination technology, principles of dimensioning of laminate structures, methods of testing laminates, applications in practice.

Literature

ASKELAND, Donald R. a PHULÉ, Pradeep Prabhakar. The science and engineering of materials. CD-ROM. 5th ed. Stamford: Cengage Learning, c2008. ISBN 978-0-534-55396-8.

ASHBY, M. F.; SHERCLIFF, Hugh a CEBON, David. Introduction to materials science and engineering: a design-led approach. Oxford, United Kingdom: Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, [2024]. ISBN 978-0-08-102399-0.

GAY, Daniel. Composite materials: design and applications. Third edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]. ISBN 978-1-4665-8487-7.

Advised literature

ASLAM, Ruby a VERMA, Chandrabhan (ed.). Fiber materials: design, fabrication and applications. Berlin: De Gruyter, [2023]. ISBN 978-3-11-099274-8.