Course detail

Introduction to Material Science and Engineering

FP-BumvPAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course acquaints the students with the basic knowledge about internal structure of technical materials, their phase composition and relates the material's chemical composition together with their structure and application properties. At the same time, it introduces some basic technologies used for processing the technical materials in engineering practice.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Tomáš Podrábský, CSc.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (ÚMVI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will gain knowledge about the basis of physico-chemical processes which are crucially involved in determination of the application properties of the materials and their processing technologies. This knowledge is necessary in order to obtain an image about the use of materials in engineering practice.

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of secondary-school physics and chemistry.

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

Conditions of obtaining a credit: Basic condition for gaining a credit is active presence in all lessons and elaboration of protocols summarizing each lesson based on the guidelines given by the teacher. The examination consists of written and oral part. In written part of the exam, the student writes an essay on given topic selected from the whole syllabus of the subject. In oral part of the exam, the student answers the questions related to the exam's written part and few other additional questions of the examiner.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal of this subject is to make students mastering the basic knowledge about technical materials and to gain relations among their chemical composition, internal structure and application properties. The content of the subject gives to the students a review of technologies employed in processing the materials applied in industrial practice.

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

Missed lessons may be compensated for based on the agreement with particular teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASKELAND,D.R., PHULÉ,P.P.: The Science and Engineering of Materials, 1993 (CS)
Ptáček, L. a kol.: Nauka o materiálu I. CERM, Brno, 2003 (CS)
Ptáček, L. a kol.: Nauka o materiálu II. CERM, Brno, 2002 (CS)

Recommended reading

PLUHAŘ, J., A KOLEKTIV. Nauka o materiálech, SNTL, Praha, 1989. (CS)
PLUHAŘ, J., KORITTA, J. Srojírenské materiály. SNTL/ALFA, Praha, 1977. (CS)
Ptáček, L. a kol.: Nauka o materiálu II. CERM, Brno, 2002 (CS)
PTÁČEK L., A KOLEKTIV. Nauka o materiálu I. CERM, Brno, 2003. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-EPM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Crystalline structure of metals
2. Phases and phase diagrams
3. Iron - carbon alloys
4. Heat treatment of metals
5. Steelmaking. Non-alloyed steels
6. Alloyed steels
7. Non-ferrous metals alloys
8. Fundamental methods of machining, basic terms, conventional and unconventional technologies
9. Fundamental principles and applicability of available methods of Rapid Prototyping
10. Basic technologies of in-plane and bulk forming
11. Technology of joining materials by welding
12. Fundamentals of foundry work, technology of manufacturing castings and their application in industrial practice
13. Metallurgy of ferrous alloys and non-ferrous metals and alloys related to casting

Seminars:
1. Tensile test
2. Hardness test and impact bending test
3. Binary equilibrium diagrams
4. Iron - Carbon diagram
5. Fundamentals of heat treatment
6. Low-carbon, corrosion-resistant and tool steels
7. Graphite cast iron + TEST
8. Fundamentals of machining I
9. Fundamentals of machining II - application of Rapid Prototyping technology
10. Overview of metal forming technologies
11. Parameters of MAG welding, weldability of steels according to EN code
12. Manufacturing of castings, technology of manufacturing moulds and cores
13. Smelting, metallurgical treatment and casting