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Materials for special application

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-3016/03
Abbreviation MSPn
Course title Materials for special application
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Monika Losertová

Subject syllabus

- Introduction and overview of materials used in military, power engineering, aerospace and other areas. Development and present state of materials usage.
- Light alloys for special use - selected alloys of Al, Be, Mg and Ti.
- Materials nano-structural and nano-crystalline. Fundamental physical-chemical and structural properties. Techniques of preparation of nano-crystalline materials.
- Mechanical properties of nano-crystalline materials. Thermal stability of nano-crystalline structures.Multi-phase nano-crystalline materials. Perspectives for technical use.
- Amorphous metals. Influence of cooling rate on the character of the formed structure. Processing technologies of amorphous metals.
- Properties of amorphous metals. Thermodynamic and kinetic conditions of amorphous stage forming. Stability of the amorphous stage. Perspectives of use.
- Selected refractory materials in equipment for conversion of power. Classification in view of technologies evolution. Gas turbines, turbo-reactive engines. General characteristics of nickel and cobalt alloys. High temperature strength and creep resistance.
- High temperature materials - structure, alloying elements, strengthening phases. Perspectives of use and trends in the development of new materials, protection of alloys against oxidation, protective layers.
- Armouring materials for military vehicles. Fundamental principles of protection. Passive armouring, reactive armouring, active armouring.
- Armour protection - classification according to the internal structure and structural arrangement. Homogenous armours, sandwich armours.
- Metallic armours, steel armours, armours from aluminum or titanium alloys. Non-metallic armours, aramid and polyethylene armours, glass fibres and laminates, ceramic armours. Transparent armours.
- Composite materials and laminates. Properties and requirements, processing technologies; matrix and strengthening constituents. Uses and perspectives.

Literature

ASKELAND, D. R., P.P. PHULÉ. The Science and Engineering of Materials. 5th ed.Canada: Thompson-Brooks/Cool, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-0-534-55396-8.
DONACHIE, M.J., S.J. DONACHIE. Superalloys: a technical guide, 2nd ed., Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2002. ISBN-13: 978-0-87170-749-9.
ASM INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK COMMITTEE. ASM Handbook Volume 21: Composites. Materials Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2001. ISBN 978-0-87170-703-1.

Advised literature

VASILIEV, V. V. and E.V. MOROZOV. Mechanics and Analysis of Composite Materials. Oxford: Elsevier, 2007. ISBN 0-08-042702-2 .
MILITARY SPECIFICATION MIL-A-12560H (MR), Amendment 3. „Armor Plate, Steel, Wrought, Homogeneous (For Use Combat-Vehicles and for Ammunition Testing)“, September, 2000.
ASM SPECIALLY HANDBOOK. Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys. 2nd.ed., Metals Park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, ed. J.R. Davis, 2001. ISBN 978-0-87170-685-0 .