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Specific materials in automotive industry

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Course Unit Code633-2005/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
VAL15Ing. Silvie Vallová, Ph.D.
KUL37doc. Ing. Lenka Kulhánková, Ph.D.
RUS37Ing. Stanislav Rusz, Ph.D.
Summary
Basic principle of the plastic deformation. Classification of the softening processes. Rolling of the flat products (bodywork sheet metal, strip). Rolling and drawing of long products – profile, wire, tube. Thermomechanical processing of the conventional and modern steel - IF, BH, DP, TRIP, TWIP, microalloyed. Finishing works of forming products.
Catalysts – basic conception and utilisation in automobile industry.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will be able:
- to characterise basic terms of the forming materials in the automotive industry
- to describe kinetics of softening processes and conventional and modern metallic materials used in the automotive industry
- characterize selected polymer materials used in automotive industry, their production, properties and applications
Course Contents
Basic principles of the plastic deformation in hot nad cold forming, type of crystal lattice, mechanisms of plastic deformation
Classification of the softening processes, dynamic and postdynamic softening, basic influences on the softening kinetics
Influence of the softening processes on formability and material characteristic, methods of increasing strength and plastic characteristic
Hot and cold rolling of flat products (bodywork sheet metal, strip)
Rolling and drawing of long products – profiles, wires, tubes
Thermomechanical processing of the conventional and modern steels - IF, BH, DP, TRIP, TWIP, HSLA
Finishing works on forming products (anticorrosive protection …)
Catalysts, carriers for catalysts, active substances.
To describe kinetics of softening processes and conventional and modern metallic materials used in the automotive industry
Characterize selected polymer materials used in automotive industry, their production, properties and applications

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1]FONSTEIN, N. Advanced high strength sheet steels: physical metallurgy, design, processing, and properties. Cham: Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-19164-5.
[2]EBEWELE, R. O. Polymer science and technology. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8493-8939-9.

[1]FONSTEIN, N. Advanced high strength sheet steels: physical metallurgy, design, processing, and properties. Cham: Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-19164-5.
[2]KOLLEROVÁ, M. aj. Valcovanie. Bratislava: ALFA, 1991. ISBN 80-05-00729-9.
[3]EBEWELE, R. O. Polymer science and technology. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8493-8939-9.
[4]KOUBEK J., M. KRAUS, P. SCHNEIDER. Technická katalýza. Skripta VŠCHT, Praha.

Recommended Reading:
[1] GINZBURG, V.B. Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2005. ISBN 0-8247-5847-1.


[1]GREGER, M. aj. Tváření kovů (sbírka úloh a příkladů pro cvičení). Ostrava :ES VŠB-TUO, 1999. ISBN 80-7078-656-6.
[2]MAZANCOVÁ, E. Nové typy materiálů pro automobilový průmysl - fyzikálně inženýrské vlastnosti vysokopevných materiálů legovaných mangánem a slitin hydridů kovů pro uskladnění vodíku. Ostrava: VŠB - TUO, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1647-0.
[3]MLEZIVA, J. a J. ŠŇUPÁREK. Polymery - výroba, struktura, vlastnosti a použití. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Sobotáles, 2000. ISBN 80-85920-72-7.
[4]SKRBEK, B. Materiály pro konstrukční aplikace II. Vydání. Vydavatelství TU Liberec, skripta 2009.


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 51
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        ExaminationExamination