Course detail

Structure and Properties of Advanced Materials

FSI-TVNAcad. year: 2025/2026

Crystalline structure, microstructure, mechanical properties. Prediction of materials characteristics. 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- and particle-reinforced composites and laminates.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Mgr. Miroslav Černý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Physical Engineering (ÚFI)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge obtain in courses Introduction to Material Science and Engineering – BUM and Theoretical Mechanics and Continuum Mechanics – TMM

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The assessment of a student is made upon his performance in practice and results of a final test.
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.

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.
The student gains basic information concerning structure, mechanical properties, and applications of advanced materials in recent engineering and technology.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

J. Pokluda, F. Kroupa, L. Obdržálek, Mechanické vlastnosti a struktura pevných látek, PC-DIR 1994 (CS)
Kittel,C: Kittel′s Introduction to Solid State Physics 8th Edition, Wiley, 2018   (EN)

Recommended reading

BELLOUARD Y.: Microrobotics and Microdevices based on Shape-Memory Alloys. In: Smart Materials, Columbus, Ohio 2003, pp.620-644
Pokluda J, Šandera P. Micromechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue. In a Multiscale Context. London, UK: Springer; 2010. (EN)
Suresh S.: Fatigue of Materials. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1998. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-FIN-P Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Mgr. Miroslav Černý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Structure of ideal crystals and atomic bonding, defects of atomic structure
Theory of deformation and fracture
Fracture mechanics
- cyclic plasticity
- micromechanics of fracture
Nanomaterials:
- carbon fibers, layers and tubes
- magnetic nanomaterials
ultra-fine grained materials
Shape-memory alloys: shape-memory effect, principles of mechatronic actuators
Composite materials: fiber reinforced composites and laminates, particle-reinforced composites

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Mgr. Miroslav Černý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Description of atomic bonds, empirical interatomic potentials
Defects in crystal lattice, theory of dislocations
Fracture mechanics:
- stress- strain field at the crack tip
- quantitative fractography of fatigue fracture
Nanomaterials and shape-memory alloys:
- deformation micromechanisms of ultra-fine grained materials

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Mgr. Miroslav Černý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Modeling deformation and response of crystals

  • models of ideal crystal structure
  • semiempirical interatomic potentials
  • ab initio methods, molecular dynamics

Selected advanced topics:

  • theoretical strength of carbon nanotubes
  • elasticity of ideal crystals
  • vibrational spectra of molecules