Prerequisites
- General entry requirements and Mathematics 3c or Mathematics D, Physics 2, Chemistry 1
Summary in English
After completing the course students shall be able to:
- describe the structure of metals, polymers, ceramics and composite materials
- describe the properties, especially the mechanical properties, of engineering metals polymers, ceramics and composite materials and the way these affect the most important applications for these materials
- describe and sketch the most common metal crystal structures and label the planes and directions of these
- be familiar with the basic heat treatment processes for metals and the usage of binary phase diagrams, especially the Fe-C phase diagram
- identify and describe common metal microstructures and the influence of structure and phase transformations on the resulting mechanical properties
- account for the concepts of elastic and plastic deformation and the most common methods for mechanical testing of engineering materials, especially metals
- describe the most common hardening mechanisms of metals
- work with common techniques for material testing, metallographic sample preparation and light optical microscopy