Course detail

Materials and Technical Documentation

FEKT-BPC-MTDAcad. year: 2025/2026

Materials for electrical and electronic engineering, classification. Electrical conducting and resistive materials. Superconductivity. Ferro- and ferrimagnetic materials. Semiconductors. Dielectric and insulating materials.
Standardization of documents (ISO, EN, IEC, ETS, ČSN). Drawings of parts and assembly. Schemes in electrotechnics. Documentation for printed circuit boards (PCB). Text documents and graphic elements. Computer support for creating documentation. Corporate data management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology (UETE)

Entry knowledge

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level and pre-intermediate knowledge of English are required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Requirements for credit:
Writing report from laboratory measurement. Min. 80% participation in computer exercises.
Final test.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim of the course in the part "Materials in electrotechnical" is to acquaint students with materials for electrical and electronic engineering, with their classification and important properties. This information supports basic orientation in selection of materials for construction of electrotechnical and electronic devices and equipments. At the same time, the student acquires the basics of the terminology used in these areas in the English language.
The aim in the part "Technical Documentation" is to acquaint students with standardization of documents in electrotechnology, with ways and demands on their processing. The students get acquainted with compilation of technical documents on practical examples and acquire good knowledge of aided engineering systems (CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM). The students will learn the basics of the usage of MS Word and Excel and will get acquainted with basic software environment and control of CAD systems.

The student gains elementary knowledge of materials for electrical and electronic engineering. On the basis of informations about material's composition, structure and properties the student will be able to understand applications of electrotechnical materials.
The student will be able to understand technical documents in electrotechnology and twill get acquainted with computer aided engineering systems used in corporations and the possibility of sharing data. The acquired knowledges of English technical terminology used in this area will enable the student to engage in discussions on professional topics..

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BOUDA, V., HAMPL, J., LIPTÁK, J. Materials for electrotechnics. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2000. 207 s. ISBN 80-01-02233-1. (EN)
Josef Jirák, Karel Liedermann. Electrotechnical Materials and Production Processes. Brno: FEKT VUT v Brně, 2006 (EN)

Recommended reading

JIRÁK, J., AUTRATA, R., LIEDERMANN, K., ROZSÍVALOVÁ, Z., SEDLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Materiály a technická dokumentace: Materiály v elektrotechnice. Elektronické texty. Brno: 2002. (CS)
K.M. Gupta, Nishu Gupta, Advanced Electrical and Electronics Materials: Processes and Applications, Willey, 2015 (EN)
MAXA, J. Řízení a správa dat. Brno : VUT FEKT, 2006. (CS)
PROCHÁZKA, P., ROZSÍVALOVÁ, Z. Materiály a technická dokumentace: Technická dokumentace. Elektronické texty. Brno: 2002. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1) Purpose and importance of documentation, sorting and types of documents, standardization of technical documents (ISO, EN, IEC, ETS, ČSN). Basic standardization for graphical documents .
2) Computer aided engineering facilities (CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM).
3) Display methods of drawing documentation, E and A methods. 4) Appropriate form of parts drawings (dimensioning, tolerance, roughness, geometrical tolerances).
5) Assembly drawings, drawings with electrical assembly.
6) English terminology in technical preparation of production.

7) Materials for electrical and electronic engineering. Composition, structure and regulation of the material`s properties. Crystalline and amorphous matters. Chemical bonds.
8) Conductive and resistive materials.Thermocouples. Superconductivity.
9) Magnetic materials. Magnetically soft- and hard materials.
10) Semiconductors. Elemental, compound and organic semiconductors.
11) Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Electrical conductivity of semiconductors.
12) Dielectric classification. Organic and inorganic insulating materials. 13) Behaviour of dielectric materials in electric field. Basic physical effects in dielectric materials - polarization, conductivity, losses.

Exercise in computer lab

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.

Syllabus

SolidWorks. Screen Display, Coordinate systems, Drafting settings, Layers, Drawing limits. Units. Text Style, Dimension Style. Single-line Text. Multi-line Text. Dimensioning. Theme A.
Microsoft Office. MS Word, MS Excel. Theme C and D.

Laboratory exercise

7 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Vaněk, Ph.D.