Objectives and competences

Objectives: • Understanding the relationship between the microstructure and the properties of selected advanced engineering materials. • Knowledge the advanced engineering materials, that are alredy applied on thechnical fields. • Knowledge the basic methods for correct selection the engineering materials. Competences: Obtained competencies for solving the problems related to the selection and characterization of advanced engineering materials

Content (Syllabus outline)

Lectures • The review of advanced engineering materials with description of their structure and real microstructure, as well as the explanation of their properties and the behavior of these materials at different conditions. • Memory shape materials; Superplastic alloys; Dispersion strengthened materials and Cermet alloys; Materials for high temperatures; Sintering materials; Amorphous materials and glasses; Gradient materials; Nanostructural materials; Metallic Foams; Polystyrene foams; Polystyrene with high impact toughness; Styrene/akrylonitril copolymer (SAN); Teflon; Kevlar; Carbon and Glass fibers; Akrylonitril/butadiene/styrene terpolymers (ABS); Polyoksimetilene (POM); Polybenzimidazol (PBI); Modified polyphenylene oxide; Perfluorelastomers; Polyuretans; Microcrystaline polyamide; Ultramid; Polyamid PA 6; Polybutilentereftalat (PBT); Aerogels; Biopolymers; Polyfenilensulfid; Thin layers and surface depositions; Metallic, ceramic, and polymeric composites; Oxide ceramics (Al2O3, MgO, BaTiO3, HfO2, MgTi2O5, SiO2, TiO2, ThO2, Y2O3, ZrSiO4, ZrO2); Carbides, Borides, Nitrides and Silicides (AlN, B4C, BN,MoS2, SiC, Si3N4, TiB2, TiC, WC, ZrB2). Seminar Preparation of a written document and presentation about the selected engineering material. Tutorial Characterization of selected materials.

Learning and teaching methods

lectures, seminar, tutorial and laboratory works.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Describe the structure of selected materials; Determine the influence of the structure on the properties; Adequate analyse phase diagrams for designing the final microstructure and properties of materials; Describe the micromechanisms in material; Modeling the phenomena in materials on micro and macro level; Interprete the phenomena, that appear between the material and environment. Evaluate the results of mechanical testing and characterization of microstructure.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

• I. Anžel, F. Zupanič: Nekovinski materiali (študijsko gradivo). • Anžel I: Inženirska keramika; Moderno proizvodno inženirstvo, priročnik, 2010; • R.E.Smallman, R.J.Bishop: Modern Physical Metallurgy and Materials Engineering,Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999. • M. F. Ashby, D. R. Jones: Engineering materials, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1998. • R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell: Introduction to polymers, Chapman & Hall, London, 1994. • T. Kretschmer, J. Kohlhoff: Neue Werkstoffe, Springer, Berlin, 1995. • M. Barsoum: Fundamentals of Ceramics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997.

Prerequisits

None.