Course detail

Structure and Properties of Materials

FSI-3SVAcad. year: 2011/2012

Phase transformations during the heat treatment of metals and alloys. Fundamental knowledge of structural materials (ferrous alloys and non-ferrous metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites) - their chemical composition and technological treatment in relation to their crystallographic, sub-structural, structural, and mechanical properties; degradation processes resulting from the application of these materials. Principles of selecting materials for engineering constructions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (ÚMVI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Technologists will be provided with the knowledge of the relations between the structure, sub-structure, and treatment properties of structural materials. Designers will learn about how to make full use of structural materials. For all materials (of both current and enhanced properties) the principles are defined for their technically and economically suitable application.

Prerequisites

1. Structure of atom, fundamentals of crystallography
2. Basic concepts in physical chemistry (entropy, free energy, free enthalpy, phases, phase equilibria, chemical equilibria)
3. Structure of real crystals (crystal lattice defects and their properties)
4. Thermodynamics of solids
5. Diffusion, diffusion processes
6. Phases in metallic and ceramic systems. Equilibrium diagrams
7. Phase transformations
8. Deformation and fracture properties, testing of mechanical properties of structural materials

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Examination. The examination consists of written and oral part. In the written part, students answer four questions related to topics dealt with in the course of the semester. In the oral part, students answer questions resulting from the written part as well as examiner's additional questions.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective is to provide knowledge on the composition, structure, and treatment of materials in relation to their properties that are relevant for treatment technologies and design applications. It enables understanding the essence of the above processes and their mutual causal relations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Awarding the course-unit credit is conditional on having participated in all exercises and worked out the reports from exercises in keeping with the teacher's instructions. Absence from exercises must be accounted for. Students who have missed an exercise will be given an extra assignment. They will prove in the form of a written report that they have mastered the given topic.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Ashby, F.M., Jones, D.R.H. Engineering Materials I, II, Pergamon Press, Ltd., England 1989
Ohring M.: Engineering Materials Science, Academie Press, New York, 1995
Callister, W.D., Jr. Materials Science and Engineering, John Willey & Sons, Inc; New York, 1994

Recommended reading

Ptáček L. et al. Materials science II (in Czech), CERM, Brno 2002
Pluhař, J. et al. Material science (in Czech), SNTL, Praha, 1989

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3A-P Bachelor's

    branch B-MTI , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch B-MET , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)

  • Programme B3S-P Bachelor's

    branch B-STI , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch B-EPE , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme M2A-P Master's

    branch M-MŘJ , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-ADI , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-VSR , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-AIŘ , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Jan, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.
prof. Ing. Stanislav Věchet, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Fundamentals of the metallurgy of iron and steel
2. Accompanying and additive elements in alloys of iron and carbon
3. Phase transformation in the heat treatment of ferrous alloys
4. Heat treatment procedures
5. Low-carbon structural steels for welded structures, case-hardening steel
6. Structural steels for heat treatment, face hardening, spring steel
7. High-strength steels, steels resistant to corrosion, heat, creep, and wear.
8. Tool steels and alloys
9. Cast irons
10. Non-ferrous metals and alloys
11. Structural ceramic materials
12. Structural polymers
13. Composite materials
14. Principles of selecting structural materials

labs and studios

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ladislav Čelko, Ph.D.
Ing. Pavel Doležal, Ph.D.
Ing. Lubomír Fiedler, Ph.D.
Ing. Pavel Gejdoš, Ph.D.
Ing. Lenka Klakurková, Ph.D.
Ing. Petr Liškutín
Ing. Ondřej Man, Ph.D.
Ing. Lenka Novotná, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Libor Pantělejev, Ph.D.
Ing. Petra Pavlíková
Ing. Zina Pavloušková, Ph.D.
Ing. Marie Ptáčková
Ing. Luděk Stratil, Ph.D.
Ing. Pavel Šohaj, Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Stanislav Věchet, CSc.
Ing. Josef Zapletal, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introductory exercise. Organizational matters, safety-of-work regulations, revision
2. Technical ceramics
3. Polymers and composites
4. Fe - C system; equilibrium structures
5. Fe - C system; non-equilibrium structures
6. Austenitization
7. TTT (isothermal and anisothermal) diagrams, hardenability
8. Heat treatment
9. Chemical-thermal treatment
10. Corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant steels
11. Tool steels
12. Graphitic cast irons
13. Non-ferrous metals - Al and Cu alloys
14. Selection of materials