Micromechanics and Microstructure Characterization of Materials

Lecturer:

Jiří Němeček (guarantor)

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Mechanics

Synopsis:

1. Microstructure of heterogeneous materials and their description

2. Image and microstructure analysis

3. SEM scanning electron microscopy methods and analytical techniques

4. Practical demonstration of SEM and measurement (lab.)

5. Nanoindentation and small volume properties

6. Evaluation of elastic and viscoelastic parameters

7. Practical demonstration of nanoindentor and measurement (lab.)

8. Spherical indentation, plastic material parameters

9. Principles of nanomechanical analysis of heterogeneous materials

10. Deconvolution and homogenization on heterogeneous systems

11. AFM microscopy for 3D surface mapping

12. Practical demonstration of AFM and measurement (lab.)

13. Material scales links, multi-scale modeling

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Joseph I. Goldstein, Dale E. Newbury, Joseph R. Michael, Nicholas W.M. Ritchie, John Henry J. Scott, David C. Joy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, Springer 2003.

Bert Voigtländer, Scanning Probe Microscopy: Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (NanoScience and Technology) Springer, 2015

Fischer-Cripps, Anthony C., Nanoindentation, Mechanical Engineering Series, Springer, 2nd ed. 2004, XXII, 264 p.

M L. Oyen, Handbook of Nanoindentation: With Biological Applications, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2010

W.C. Oliver and G.M. Pharr, An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments, Journal of Materials Research, Volume 7 / Issue 06 / 1992, pp 1564-1583

J. Němeček, Nanoindentation of Heterogeneous Structural Materials. 1. ed. Praha: ČVUT v Praze, 2010. 99 p. ISBN 978-80-01-04501-5.

Note:

Further information:

http://mech.fsv.cvut.cz/~nemecek/teaching/dmpo/

Time-table for winter semester 2020/2021:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: