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Ceramics, composities, polymerics

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Course Unit Code636-2011/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
KOS09prof. RNDr. Pavol Koštial, Ph.D.
SAM093Ing. Vladana Pečínková, Ph.D.
Summary
- Ceramics as a significant technical material and its processes classification. Technological processes for production of technical ceramics. Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors affecting strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties. Brittleness of ceramics and its causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials, general principles of relations between structure and strength properties. Properties of the best- known technical ceramics, use of technical ceramics in practice, the prospects for its further development and use.
- Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. Particle composites with different types of matrices. Particle dispersion-reinforced composites, particulate composites strengthened by single particles. Fibre composites, general characteristics of fibres, fibre composites with ceramic matrix, combination of phases and achieved marginal conditions. Process of crack bridging and fibre reinforcement of ceramic matrix.
- Polymeric materials, historical aspects. Plastics, elastomers, thermoset plastic materials, thermoplastics. Classification and characterisation of polymeric materials. Classification of rubber, natural and synthetic rubber. Basic process of production of natural and synthetic rubber. Phenomenological foundations of visco-elasticity. Fractures of polymeric materials.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will learn the following:
- characterise ceramic, composite and polymeric materials from the viewpoint of their structure and properties
-optimise their properties from the perspective of the purpose of use
-relate the structure with the properties for achievement of better service properties of the given materials
- select suitable material for certain use
Course Contents
-Ceramics as important technical material, classification, oxidic and non-oxidic ceramics, mixed and cutting ceramics, bio-ceramics. Technological procedures for production of technical ceramics, ceramic powders and their characteristics, shaping of ceramic powders.
-Properties of technical ceramics, mechanical properties, internal factors influencing strength of ceramic materials, fracture toughness, physical properties, thermal properties.
-Brittleness of ceramics, factors influencing mechanical properties. Causes of brittleness of ceramics, fundamental causes, secondary causes. Strengthening mechanisms in ceramic materials, general principles of relations of structure and strength properties, strengthening by effect of dispersive particles, strengthening by development of fine micro-cracks, strengthening by phase transformation, strengthening by high temperatures.
-Properties of the best known technical ceramic materials, use of technical ceramics in practice, perspectives of its future development and use.
-Composite materials, basic characteristics and classification. General characteristics of matrices. Geometry of reinforcements.
-Particle based composites, particle based composites with polymeric matrix, particle based composites with ceramic matrix, particle based composites with metallic matrix. Particle based dispersion-reinforced composites, particle based composites strengthened by single particles.
-Fibre composites, general characteristics of fibres, fibre composites with ceramic matrix, combination of phases and achieved marginal conditions. Process of crack bridging and strengthening of ceramic matrix with fibres.
-Polymeric materials, historical aspects. Polymerisation, poly-addition, poly-condensation. Plastic materials, elastomers, thermoset plastic materials, thermoplastics. Classification and characteristics of polymeric materials.
-Classification of rubbers, natural and synthetic rubber. Basic process of production of natural and synthetic rubber. Synthetic poly-isoprenes. Butadiene-styrene rubbers.
-Phenomenological foundations of viscoelasticity. Rheological models, Maxwell' model, Kelvin's (Voigt's) model.
- Fractures of polymeric materials.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
QUIN, G. D. Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses. NIST, spec.publ.US Department of Commerce, 960-17, 2007.

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.

ASHBY, M. F. and D. R. H. Jones. Engineering Materials 2, Oxford: Butterworth, 2012. ISBN 978-0080966687.
JONŠTA, Z. Vlastnosti technické keramiky a metody jejich hodnocení. Ostrava: Kovosil, 1998. ISBN 80-901572-3-8.

HIDVÉGHY, J., J. DUSZA. Nekovové konštrukčné materiály (Plasty a konštrukčná keramika). Košice: TU Košice, 1998. ISBN 80-7099-363-4.

JONŠTA, Z. Technické materiály II. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-248-2574-8. Dostupné z: http://www.person.vsb.cz/archivcd/FMMI/TM2/Technicke%20materialy%20II.pdf

QUIN, G.D. Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses. NIST, spec. publ. US Department of Commerce, 960-17, 2007.
Recommended Reading:
ASM INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK COMMITTEE. ASM Handbook Volume 21: Composites. Materials park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2001. ISBN 978-0-87170-703-1.

FERRY, J. D. Viscoelastic properties of Polymers, 3rd ed., New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1980. ISBN 978-0-4714-04894-7.

ASKELAND, D.R., et. al. The Science and Engineering of Materials, Springer US, 1996. ISBN 978-1-4899-2895-5.
MAZANCOVÁ, E., K. MAZANEC. Technické materiály. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1991. ISBN 80-7078-071-1.

PTÁČEK, L., a kol. Nauka o materiálu II. Brno: Ak. vyd. CERM, s.r.o., 2002. ISBN 8072042483.

MENČÍK, J. Pevnost a lom skla a keramiky. Praha: SNTL, 1990.

ASM INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK COMMITTEE. ASM Handbook Volume 21: Composites. Materials park, Ohio, USA: ASM International, 2001. ISBN 978-0-87170-703-1.

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
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 36