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Materials Engineering

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Course Unit Code223-0083/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Fourth Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SUC14doc. Ing. Bc. Oldřich Sucharda, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim is to gain awareness and the ability to reflect the resulting properties of the materials used in terms of structural, mineralogical and chemical composition.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to material engineering
2. Atomic structure of materials
3. Structure of solid phase
4. Inperfections and diffusion
5. Mechanical properties of materials
6. Metals and metal alloys
7. Ceramics
8. Polymers and polymeric structures
9. Composites
10. Corrosion and degradation procceses
11. Electric, thermal and optical properties of materials
12. Preparation technologies
13. Analytical methods in material science
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
CALLISTER, William D. a David G. RETHWISCH. Materials science and engineering: an introduction. 9th edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-1118324578.

KRAUS, Ivo a Jaroslav FIALA. Elementární fyzika pevných látek. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04931-0.

KITTEL, Charles. Úvod do fyziky pevných látek. Přeložil Miloš MATYÁŠ. Praha: Academia, 1985.

CALLISTER, William D. a David G. RETHWISCH. Materials science and engineering: an introduction. 9th edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-1118324578.
Recommended Reading:
ASHBY, M. F. a David Rayner Hunkin JONES. Engineering materials 1: an introduction to properties, applications, and design. 4th ed. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2012. ISBN 978-0-08-096665-6.

GUPTA, K. M. Engineering materials: research, applications and advances. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-5797-7.
JIŘIČKOVÁ, Milena, Zbyšek PAVLÍK a Jiří HOŠEK. Materiálové inženýrství I. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2009. ISBN 978-80-01-04263-2.

STRNADEL, Bohumír. Nauka o materiálu. 2. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0689-4.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51