Materials Engineering

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Synopsis:

Research and development of materials in general, of single crystals, plastics and composites. Choice of materials. Thermodynamics of phase equilibrium a transitions. Kinetics of phase transition. Modelling of crystallisation and glass transition. Heat treatment of materials. Elastic, plastic and fracture beahaviour of materials, shape memory.

Composite materials phase transitions, zone refining, crystal growth methods, microscoppy, vacuum evaporation, fracture tests, heat conductivity .

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Research and development of materials, methods of rational choice of materials

2. Thermodynamics in materials engineering

3. Thermodynamics in materials engineering

4. Calculation and modelling the equilibrium state diagrams

5. Application of equilibrium state diagrams

6. Application of thermodynamics of phase transition, nucleation a growth of crystals

7. Kinetics of phase transition, amorphous, glassy a crystalline state

8. Zone refining a its modifications

9. Technology of crystal growth

10. Modelling of crystallization process

11. Theory of heat treatment of materials

12. Elastic and plastic behaviour of material, shape memory

13. Fracture development, fracture mechanics Composite materials

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Seminar: rational choice of materials in electronics and electrotechnics

2. Seminar: thermodynamics in materials engineering - calculations

3. Seminar: calculation and modelling the equilibrium state diagrams

4. Seminar: application of equilibrium state diagrams

5. Seminar: physical modelling of crystal growth

6. Application of phase equilibrium diagrams

7. Calculation of the phase transition rate

8. Practical excercise: properties of composite materials

9. Practical excercise: phase transition temperature measurement

10. Practical excercise: crystal growth by Czochralski method

11. Practical excercise: microscopic methods of dislocation structure characterization

12. Practical excercise: zone refining

13. Practical excercise: measurement of coef. of heat conductivity and heat expansion

14. Practical excercise: vacuum evaporation

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] Materials Principles and Practice, ed. by Ch.Newey and G.Weaver. The Open University - Butterworth, Oxford 1990

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: