Course detail
Structural and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials
FSI-TVN Acad. year: 2016/2017 Summer semester
Crystalline structure, microstructure mechanical properties and application of selected advanced materials in the engineering practice. Nanostructured materials – carbon fibers, nanolayers and nanotubes, bulk magnetic nanomaterials and ultra-fine grained materials. Shape-memory alloys – shape-memory effect and principles of mechatronic actuators. Composite materials – fiber-reinforced composites, particle-reinforced composites and laminates.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The student gains basic information concerning microstructure, mechanical properties, technology and applications of advanced materials in recent engineering and technology.
Prerequisites
Solid State Physics, Materials Science and Engineering.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The assessment of a student is made upon his performance in practice and quality of a discussion on topics selected at the colloquium (lecture notes allowed at preparation).
Aims
The main aim lies in elucidation of unique microstructure of advanced materials as well as in understanding a physical nature of relationship between the microstructure and mechanical properties of such materials. The student also gains basic information about possibilities of application of these materials in the recent engineering practice.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The presence of students at practice is obligatory and is monitored by a tutor. The way how to compensate missed practice lessons will be decided by a tutor depending on the range and content of the missed lessons.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-FIN: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, compulsory-optional
Programme M2A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Master's
branch M-FIN: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, compulsory-optional
Programme M2A-P: Applied Sciences in Engineering, Master's
branch M-PMO: Precise Mechanics and Optics, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Defects of atomic structure (0 – 5 lessons).
Theory of deformation and fracture (6 – 11).
Nanomaterials:
- carbon fibers, layers and tubes (12 – 13),
- magnetic nanomaterials (14 – 15),
ultra-fine grained materials (16 – 17),
Shape-memory alloys:
- shape-memory effect (18 – 19)
- principles of mechatronic actuators (20-21)
Composite materials:
- fiber reinforced composites and laminates (22-24)
- particle-reinforced composites (25-26).
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Defects of atomic structure:
- theory of atomic bonds (1-4)
- ideal crystalline structures(5-8).
- theory of dislocations (9 – 12).
Fracture mechanics:
- stress- strain field at the crack tip (13-16)
- quantitative fractography of fatigue fracture (17-18)
Nanomaterials and shape-memory alloys:
- theoretical strength of carbon nanotubes (19-20)
- elasticity of ideal crystals and twins in Ni-Ti alloy (21-22)
- deformation micromechanisms of ultra-fine grained materials (23-24)
Excursion to the Institute of Physics of Materials in Brno (25-26)