Course detail
Materials and Processes for Production
FSI-YMV Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
The course aims to acquaint students with structural metallic and non-metallic materials that are currently used in mechanical engineering. Education is focused on the relationship between chemical composition, properties, structure of the material and their use. Accent is given on the connection of theoretical knowledge and practical ability to solve the most common problems associated with materials science occurring in technical practice. An integral part of the course is the acquisition of the principles of materials selection in the sense of Ashby's approach.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
The knowledge based on university courses (bachelor's degree) in physical chemistry (materials engineering), mathematics, physics and solid mechanics are assumed.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Credit: The basic condition for credit granting is the completion of all exercises and processing of the tasks from the exercises according to the instructions of the teacher.
Exam: The knowledge of the concepts and nature of the studied topics is evaluated in the frame of the exam . Emphasis is given on verifying the ability to apply the acquired knowledge. In the written part of the exam, the student answers briefly to the test questions. In the oral part of the exam, additional questions are asked on the given topics.
Lectures: participation is recommended
Exercises: participation is mandatory and controlled by the teacher, any absences will be substituted in the form of complemental tasks (the student will solve these tasks separately).
Aims
Within the course, the student will learn to right interpretation and use material characteristics for structural designs. Based on the given function of the part, he/she will be able to select a suitable material, including technology of its production.
Graduation of the course should enable students to make a qualified selection of a suitable material for a specific application, including its heat treatment or surface treatment. At the same time, students should be able to identify the most common causes of failures in service in relation to the used materials and the technology of their production, including proposal of the problem solution.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
Topics:
1. Introduction, division and marking of steels according to ČSN / ČSN EN
2. Structural non-alloyed steels
3. Stainless and heat-resistant steels
4. Tool steels
5. Steels for castings and graphitic cast irons
6. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys
7. Plastics
8. Ceramics
9. Composites
10. Materials selection
Laboratory exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Mechanical properties I (metals) – measurement methods, data interpretation, evaluation
Mechanical properties II (plastics, ceramics, composites) – measurement methods, data interpretation, evaluation
Microstructural characteristics of metals and its connection with mechanical properties
Materials selection – Ashby's approach
Principles of cooperation between designer and technologist
Causes of failures in service – case studies (proposals for solutions and preventive measures in relation to the design of structures and production technologies)