Course: Selected structural materials

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Course title Selected structural materials
Course code KMM/VKM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hájek Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to materials selection. Principles on materials selection for specific applications. High strength materials and principles to reach the high strength. Employment of TM treatment to modify the structure of steels. rinciples of TRIP effect in steels and technology introduction to produce high strength low alloyed steels. Principles of TWIP effect and technology introduction to produce high strength effect for low alloyed steels. Principles and enforcement of high strength steels for automotive industry. Principles of high strength and suficient plasticity for economical martensitic and bainitic low alloyed strutural steels. Ultrafine grain structure definition and available technologies to produce steels with fine structure. Processing technologies to improve mechanical properties of ultrafine grain steels. Principles of ultrafine grain structures in bulk materials and avaiablke processing technologies to produce them in metallic materials. Phenomenon of superplasticity in metals and principles of superplastic behaviour of metallic materials. Structural principle of amorphous materials and processing technologies to prepare them. Properties and employment of amorphous materials. composite materials preparation and their properties physical metallurgy principles. Industry demand for composite materials. High temperature materials introduction. Principles of their thermal stability. Selection of materials in dependence of working conditions. Selected surface protection technologies and principles of surface properties modification by application of physical and chemical methods. Practicals topics Investigation of structural principles of selected high strength steels. Structure preparation and analysis of thermomechanicaly treated carbon steels. Deformation practicals to prepare TRIP phenomenon in low carbon low alloyed steel. Structure analysis and evaluation of TRIP effect on mechanical properties. Structural analysis of selected steel materials available at automobile industry. Mechanical properties evaluation. Bainiitic and martensitic high strength materials structure preparation. Metallography study of structure characteristics. Structural analysis of different metallic materials prepared by severe plastic deformation process with aim to receive the ultrafine grain structures. Electron microscopy analysis of structure after strengthening. Composite material preparation ( convenient exposure at high temperatures) and structural analysis of their specific structure. Mechanical properties evaluation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 45.5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Requirement of basic knowleadge on Materials Science and Physical Metallurgy
learning outcomes
Attending this subject the students will receive qualitative knowleadge on special selected structural materials and their use according to criterions respected for construction of different structural parts and exposed in different conditioms. Subject selection enable to students to judge proper selection for different industrial applications with respect to introduction of recent structural materials for new structural applications.
teaching methods
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Multimedia supported teaching
Competences
Multimedia supported teaching
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Advanced Steels. International Symposium on Advanced Steels 2006. J.A. Spunar, Montreal, Canada, 2006.
  • Iron and Steel Suplement, Vol. 40. HSLA Steels 2005. Chinese Society for Metals, 2005.
  • Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation. Trans Tech Publications.
  • Perspektivní materiály. ISBN 80-01-01282-4.


Study plans that include the course
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