| Course Unit Code | 636-3019/03 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Optional |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| JON37 | doc. Ing. Petr Jonšta, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| Development of new materials and special technologies. Material resistance against brittle fracture - principles of fracture mechanics. Strengthening mechanisms of engineering materials; Safety and reliability of structural materials. Structural steels with higher mechanical properties. Stainless and creep resistant materials. Tool materials. Non-ferrous metals. Polymer materials. Engineering ceramics. Composite materials. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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- Outline the internal structure of structural materials on different scale ranges;
- Classify the basic properties of structural materials;
- Formulate relationships between internal structure and properties of structural materials;
- Describe principal characteristics, advantages and drawbacks, of four groups of structural materials – metallic materials, polymers, ceramics and composites;
- Illustrate advantages and disadvantages of each group of structural materials.
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| Course Contents |
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Lectures:
1. A survey of main groups of engineering materials; their usability in various industrial branches; principal mechanical properties of engineering materials.
2. Principal kinds of fracture of engineering materials – ductile, brittle fracture. Evaluation of resistance of engineering materials to brittle fracture. Materials containing defects – crack growth; critical crack size; Griffith´s criterion; Griffith-Orowan´s criterion; fracture toughness.
3. Strengthening mechanisms of metallic materials – deformation strengthening; grain boundary strengthening; solid solution strengthening; precipitation strengthening; phase transformation strengthening.
4. Steels and their basic classification. Harmful vs. useful elements in steels. Steels for use at ambient or low temperatures; weldable structural steels; micro-alloyed steels; steels with higher mechanical properties.
5. Principles of steel quenching and tempering; quenched and tempered steels – their characteristics and use.
6. Principles of corrosion of metallic materials – corrosion resistant steels and alloys.
7. Principles of creep of metallic materials – creep resistant steels and alloys.
8. Cast irons – classification, structure; main groups of cast irons – characteristics; use.
9. Important non-ferrous metals and alloys – aluminium; copper, nickel, titanium – structure, properties and use.
10. Engineering ceramics – basic classifications; methods of toughness increasing in engineering ceramics; use of ceramic materials.
11. Polymer materials – basic classification, principle reactions, internal structure of polymers; mechanical properties; characteristics of thermoplasts, thermosets and elastomers – fields of use.
12. Composites – classification, basic characteristics; particle-reinforced composites; fibre-reinforced composites – structure, properties and use.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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SOJKA, J. Engineering materials. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Available from: http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/MMT/Engineering%20Materials.pdf
CALLISTER, W. D. Materials science and engineering: an introduction. 7. vyd. New York: Wiley, 2007. ISBN 978-0-471-73696-7.
OHRING, M. Engineering materials science. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. ISBN 0-12-524995-0.
ASHBY, M. F. a D. R. H. JONES. Engineering materials 2: an introduction to microstructures, processing. 4. vyd. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-08-096668-7.
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SOJKA, J. Technické materiály. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Dostupné z: http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/636/636-technicke_materialy.pdf
LOSERTOVÁ, M. Progresivní materiály. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2012. Dostupné z: http://www.person.vsb.cz/archivcd/FMMI/PGM/index.htm
ASHBY, M. F. a D. R. H. JONES. Engineering materials 2: an introduction to microstructures, processing. 4. vyd. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-08-096668-7.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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GUPTA, K. M. Engineering materials: research, applications and advances. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-5797-7.
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| MICHNA, Š. Encyklopedie hliníku. Prešov: Adin, 2005. ISBN 80-89041-88-4. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 35 | 21 |
| Examination | Examination | 65 | 30 |