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Structural Materials

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Course Unit Code345-0349/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRE45doc. Ing. Lucie Krejčí, Ph.D.
Summary
Various types of engineering materials are used in industrial practice, which include structural and stainless steels, steels with special physical properties, tool steels, cast irons, non-ferrous metals and their alloys, plastics, composite and ceramic materials.
Their chemical composition, physical, mechanical and technological properties indicate the direction of suitable use in the manufacture of structures.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Obtaining of knowledges about properties and using metallic and nonmetallic material in machine.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to thermodynamics of materials, phase transformations, basic binary diagrams.
2. Technical iron and its alloys, iron - carbon system.
3. Production of iron and steel, influence of elements on properties of the iron alloys.
4. Cast irons.
5. Heat treatments of steels and its influence on the resulting mechanical properties, TTT and CCT diagrams.
6. Destructive testing of metals.
7. Steel grades, steel designation systems.
8. Conventional structural steels and low alloyed steels.
9. Stainless steels - high-alloyed chrome steels and chromium-nickel austenitic steels.
10. Structural steels for special applications and tool steels.
11. Non-ferrous metals with low, medium and high melting temperatures, light and nobel metals.
12. Non-ferrous metals and its alloys.
13. Properties of plastics and its use in mechanical engineering industry.
14. Composite and ceramic materials.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ULAI, Ed. J. Materials Science, Testing and Informatics. Trans Tech
Publications, Limited, 2003, 520pp.
USKOKOVIC, D. P. Advanced Materials for High Technology Applications. Trans
Tech Publications, Limited, 1996, 288 pp.
MOHYLA, M. Nekonvenční strojírenské materiály I. VŠB, Ostrava, 1994.
MOHYLA, M. Strojírenské materiály, VŠB, Ostrava, 1994.
ŠTĚPEK, J. Technologie a zpracování plastů. SNTL/ALFA , Praha. 1989.
PTÁČEK , L. a kol. Nauka o materiálu II. CERM, s.r.o., 2002.
ULAI, Ed. J. Materials Science, Testing and Informatics. Trans Tech
Publications, Limited, 2003, 520pp.
USKOKOVIC, D. P. Advanced Materials for High Technology Applications. Trans
Tech Publications, Limited, 1996, 288 pp.
Recommended Reading:
WALTON, D., J., LORIMER, J., P. Polymers. Oxford University Press, 2001,
160pp.
BAREŠ, A.: Kompozitní materiály. SNTL, Praha, 1988
FREMUNT, P.: Konstrukční oceli. CRM, Brno, 1996
MOHYLA, M.: Strojírenské materiály II. VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2006
WALTON, D., J., LORIMER, J., P. Polymers. Oxford University Press, 2001,
160pp.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded exercises evaluationGraded credit100 (100)51
        Equilibrium diagramsWritten test20 10
        Intermediate testWritten test20 10
        Final testWritten test60 31