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Unconventional Engineering Materials and Heat Treatment

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Course Unit Code345-0506/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First 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
MOH37prof. Ing. Petr Mohyla, Ph.D.
Summary
Student acquires detailed knowledge of the properties of engineering materials including modern and unconventional materials. They will become familiar with steels with special properties, non-ferrous alloys, modern plastics, composites, ceramics, metallic glass, shape memory materials and nanomaterials. An important part of the subject is heat treatment technology including substrate treatment and thermomechanical processing.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Ability
- to describe material behaviour during technological processes
- to apply theoritical knowled to development of new materials
- to integrate material properties in technological design
- to predict properties of metalic and non-metalic materials and alloys
Course Contents
Lectures:
1. High-strength steel, stainless steel.
2. Steels with special properties.
3. Special types of cast irons.
4. Non-ferrous metals and alloys.
5. Technology of plastics.
6. Ceramic materials and their technologies.
7. Powder metallurgy.
8. Composite materials.
9. Metallic glasses, shape memory alloys.
10. Fundamentals of heat treatment of metals.
11. Technology of annealing.
12. Technology of quenching.
13. Thermo-chemical heat treatment, thermo-mechanical heat treatment.
14. Equipment of heat treatment processes, unconventional methods of heat treatment


Exercise:
1. Introductory lesson.
2. Effect of chemical elements on the properties of steels and their use.
3. Microstructure of the material before heat treatment.
4. Study of microstructures of heat-treated materials.
5. Properties and applications of ceramic materials.
6. Fractography of selected materials.
7. Fracture characteristics of materials.
8. Properties and applications of plastics.
9. Entering of presentations topics.
10 - 11 Excursions.
12 - 13 Presentation of given topics.
14. Final test.


Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
GYULAI, Ed. J. Materials Science, Testing and Informatics. Trans Tech Publications, Limited, 2003, 520pp, ISBN 0-878-49908-
USKOKOVIC, D. P. Advanced Materials for High Technology Applications. Trans Tech Publications, Limited, 1996, 288 pp, ISBN 0-878-49731-5
MOHYLA, M. Nekonvenční strojírenské materiály, VŠB Ostrava, 1995.
MOHYLA, M. Strojírenské materiály I., VŠB Ostrava, 1994.
ŠTĚPEK a kol. Technologie zpracování a vlastnosti plastů. SNTL Praha, 1989.
Recommended Reading:
RAO, C. N., RAVEAU, B. Transition Metal Oxides. Wiley, John and Sons, Incorporated, 1998, 392pp, ISBN 0-471-18971-5
WALTON, D., J., LORIMER, J., P. Polymers. Oxford University Press, 2001, 160pp, ISBN 0-198-50389-X
NALWA, H., S. Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, Academic Press 2002, pg.834, ISBN 0-12-513920-9
BAREŠ, A. a kol. Kompozitní materiály, SNTL Praha, 1988.
PÍŠEK, F. Nauka o materiálu, SNTL Praha.
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 creditGraded credit100 51