Course detail

Engineering Materials and Heat Treatment

FSI-HMTAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course “Engineering Materials and Heat Treatment” familiarises students with constructional and tool metals, as well as non-metal materials, which are used in mechanical engineering nowadays. Lessons are focused on relations among the chemical composition, properties, structure of material, and its use. The course deals with the following topics:
- influence of metallurgy on properties and structure of steel and alloys
- phase changes during the heat processing
- construction steel
- weldability of steels
- mechanical properties of steels
- steels and alloys for casts
- tool materials.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

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

Successful completion of the course will enable students to choose the right materials and use them in practice.

Prerequisites

The course is a follow-up to the courses Material Science I and II and is intended to deepen and widen the acquired knowledge in the area of engineering applications.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.

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 provide students with knowledge necessary to choose and use constructional materials in order to reach utility properties. The course is a follow-up to the following courses: "Introduction to Material Science and Engineering", "Structure and Property of Materials", and is intended to deepen and widen the acquired knowledge in the area of engineering applications.

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.F. Engineering Materials I,II. Pergamon press, Ltd.,Editors (EN)
PLUHAŘ, J. KORRITA, J. Strojírenské materiály.

Recommended reading

DORAZIL, Eduard a Jan HRSTKA. Strojírenské materiály a povrchové úpravy. 2. vyd. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 1988, 330 s. (CS)
FREMUNT, P., KREJČÍK, J., PODRÁBSKÝ, T. Nástrojové oceli, Dům techniky Brno, Brno, 1994.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-STG , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch M-STG , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Tomáš Podrábský, CSc.
doc. Ing. Anton Humár, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Common use steel.
2. Low-alloy structural steels.
3. Rust resisting and heat resisting steels.
4. Weldable steels.
5. Weldable steels with higher yield point.
6. Tool steels - chemical composition and use.
7. Tool steels for cutting instruments.
8. Tool steels for cold and hot forming.
9. High speed steels.
10. Steels and cast iron for casting.
11. Sintered carbides.
12. Cutting ceramics.
13. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys.