Description:

Basic principles of metal physics, acquired in preceding courses, are extended to the applications in the field of processing and thermo mechanical treatment of different structural materials. Furthermore, an introduction to degradation processes as radiation damage, oxidation and corrosion is given.

Contents:

1. Mechanical properties of solid solutions.
2. Diffusion controlled transformations (nucleation and growth, spinodal decomposition).
3. Diffusionless transformations.
4. Deformation at elevated temperatures, creep, superplasticity.
5. Aluminium alloys: designation, hardening, processing.
6. Properties of intermetallics.
7. Shape memory alloys.
8. Powder metallurgy.
9. Thermo-mechanical treatment of alloys.
10. Radiation damage of materials.
11. Oxidation of metallic materials.
12. Introduction to corrosion, Types of corrosion attack.
13. Protection against corrosion.

Seminar contents:

7 Case studies, 4h each

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] Callister, W.D.: Materials Science and Engineering, an introduction, 6th ed., John Wiley, 2003.
[2] Askeland, D.R. - Phulé, P.P.: The science and engineering of materials, 5th ed., Thomson, 2006.
[3] MATTER, Education software, University of Liverpool, CD-ROM, available on the intranet of the Department of Materials (X:\ MATTER CD.exe) or on the web site http://www.matter.org.uk.
Recommended references:
[1] Smallmann, R.E. - Bishop, R.J.: Modern Physical Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, 6th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.
[2] Koutský, J. - Kočík, J.: Radiation damage of structural materials, Academia, Prague, 1994.
[3] Cahn, R.W. - Haasen, P. (Eds.): Physical metallurgy, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1996.

Keywords:

Solid solution; phase transformations; thermo-mechanical treatment; radiation damage; oxidation; corrosion

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar