Course detail

Functional and Nanostructural Materials

FSI-WFNAcad. year: 2025/2026

The coars is concerned with the following topics:Introduction to non-conventional and advanced materials. Composites. Functionally graded materials. Coatings,layers and superfilms.
Nanocrystalline and nanostructured materials.Smart materials. Shape memory aloys. Superplasticity. Superconductivity. Metallic glasses and metallic foams. Powder metallurgy.
Ultralight alloys (Al-Li and Mg-Li).Intermetalics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

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.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions for awarding the course-unit credit: Having done all the assigned topics in exercises and preparation of the respective written tasks.
The exam has a written and an oral part. In the oral part, students answers three questions.
Compulsory attendance at exercises, preparing written reports and reading a paper on an assigned topic. Absence from exercises is dealt with individually.

Aims

The course objective is to make students familiar with a group of materials that feature specific performance properties or extreme parameters, and with a
group of so-called materials for third-millennium technology. Students get a practical knowledge of all new advanced (mostly metallic) materials with the
exception of ceramic and polymer materials, which are dealt with in separate courses.
Students will gain the most recent information on the basic characteristics, processing technologies, performance and application of non-conventional
materials, materials with extreme parameters, and materials for the third millennium such as metallic glass and foam, nanonstructured materials and
intermetallics.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

1. Ashby F.M., Jones, D.R.H.: Engineering Materials I,II, , 0 2. W.Callister,Jr.: Materials Science and Engin., , 0 3. Carter D.F, Paul D.E: Materials Science and Eng., , 0
2. W.Callister,Jr.: Materials Science and Engin., , 0
3. Carter D.F, Paul D.E: Materials Science and Eng., , 0

Recommended reading

Dorazil,E.Metallic materials
M.Ashby:Materials sci.and engineering
W.Callister,Jr.:Materials Science and Engineering
1. Ashby F.M., Jones, D.R.H.: Engineering Materials I,II, , 0 2. ...

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-MTI-P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.Introduction to non-conventional and advanced materials.
2.Composites.
3.Shape memory materials-SMM
4.Smart(inteligent)materials.
5.Surfaces and coatings
6.Functionally graded material-FGM
7.Nanocrystalline and nanostructured materials ,nanotechnology I
8.Nanocrystalline and nanostructured materials ,nanotechnology II
9..Superconducting materials,
10.Metallic glasses. Metallic foams.
11.Powder metallurgy.
12.Examples of other types of advanced materials(metamaterials,biomaterials, biomimetic materials,etc.)

13.Superlight alloys and composites based on superlight alloys.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.Assigning of semestral work
2.Application of composit materials, selection of reinforced materials
3.Shape memory materials-examples
4.SMA and smart material-examples of using
5.Surfaces and coatings applications
6.Students presentations (lectures) dealing with previous materials
7. Severe plastic deformation SPD-examples of possibilities and results
8.Students presentations
9.Superconductors-examples, applications
10.Metallic glasses,metallic foams,applications
11.Laboratory of powder metallurgy.
12.Students presentations
13.Repetition,checking of knowledge,course-unit credit