Course detail

Introduction to Material Science and Engineering

FSI-BUM-AAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course is based on the knowledge acquired in the courses on physics, chemistry, physical chemistry and mathematics. It deals with an inner structure of materials, crystal structure of solid materials, crystal lattice and their characteristics. Also discussed is thermodynamics of materials, diffusion, equilibrium phase diagrams, phase transformations and their influence on the structure and material characteristics. The course addresses also the problem of deformation and fracture behaviour of materials, strengthening and softening gadgetry, structural characteristics, mechanical characteristics at static, impulsive, cyclical and creep load.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (ÚMVI)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will have an overview of physical and chemical operations, which to a large extent influence materials capabilities. The acquired knowledge is necessary for successful completion of the further course "Structure and Properties of Materials".

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have general knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry acquired at secondary school. They should have the basic knowledge of technological processes of iron and non-iron metals and their alloy.

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

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended 100% seminars with active participation and worked out a paper regarding the presented topics. Excused absence has to be compensated for via working out an alternative assignment. The exam has a written and an oral part. The written part is focused on four of the main topics presented in the lectures. In the oral part of the exam a student answers additional and complementary questions.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with inner structure, structure and physical principle of processes taking place in technological processing of materials. Students will be cognizant of the interactions among chemical composition, processing, structure and properties of materials necessary for manufacturing technology and construction use.

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

Missed lessons may be compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ASHBY, F.M., JONES, D.R.H. Engineering Materials I., II.
OHRING, M. Engineering Materials Science.
DOWLING, E.N. Mechanical Behaavior of Materials.

Recommended literature

PLUHAŘ, J. A KOLEKTIV. Nauka o materiálech, SNTL, Praha, 1989.
PTÁČEK L., A KOLEKTIV. Nauka o materiálu I. CERM, Brno, 2003.
PLUHAŘ, J., KORITTA, J. Srojírenské materiály. SNTL/ALFA, Praha, 1977.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-S1R , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Bohumil Pacal, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction: Defining material science and material engineering.
2. Composition of crystal materials (crystal structure, primary bonds, characteristics of crystal lattice, Miller directional indexes, Miller plane indexes).
3. Structure of real crystal materials (structural faults and their significance).
4. Phases in metal systems (liquid phase of metals and alloys, solid phase of metals and alloys, solid solution, intermediary phases).
5 Thermodynamics of metals and their alloys with use in material science (basic terms, zero - third thermodynamic low, Gibbs free energy use in physical-chemical procedures).
6. Diffusion in metals and alloys ( principle, sense, mechanism, phenomenological theory, stationary and non-stationary diffusion).
7. Equilibrium diagrams and equilibrium phase transformations (division of binary equilibrium diagrams, thermodynamics circumstance, the Gibbs’ phase law, solidification curve and cooling curve of pour metal and alloy, equilibrium composition co-existing phases definition at the same temperature, lever rule, Sauver’s diagrams).
8. Basic equilibrium diagrams (with total and half solubility, with eutectic or peritectic transformation), binary equilibrium diagrams with structural transformation and generation of intermediary phase (Cu-Zn, Cr-Ni etc.), equilibrium diagrams of multicomponent system.
9. Equilibrium diagrams of Fe-C system (metastable and stable diagram).
10. Disequilibrium phase transformations ( mechanism of crystallization, segregation - chemical heterogeneity, decomposition and transformation of solid solution and their instance in Fe-C alloys).
11. Deformation and fracture behaviour of materials (tension, elastic and plastic deformation - gadgetry, Hook’s law, plastic deformation of mono and polycrystals).
12. Strengthening and softening gadgetry (types of strain hardening, relaxation and re-crystallization).
13. Creep and fatigue.