Course detail
Structure and Properties of Advanced Materials
FSI-TVNAcad. year: 2024/2025
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
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
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 student gains basic information concerning structure, mechanical properties, and applications of advanced materials in recent engineering and technology.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
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)
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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
Teacher / Lecturer
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
Teacher / Lecturer
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
Elearning