Course detail
Structure and Properties of Advanced Materials
FSI-TVN Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge obtain in courses Introduction to Material Science and Engineering – BUM and Theoretical Mechanics and Continuum Mechanics – TMM
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Bachelor's
branch ---: no specialisation, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
13 hours, optionally
Syllabus
Structure of ideal crystals and atomic bonding, defects of atomic structure
Theory of deformation and fracture
Fracture mechanics
- cyclic plasticity
- micromechanics of fracture
Nanomaterials:
- carbon fibers, layers and tubes
- magnetic nanomaterials
ultra-fine grained materials
Shape-memory alloys: shape-memory effect, principles of mechatronic actuators
Composite materials: fiber reinforced composites and laminates, particle-reinforced composites
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Description of atomic bonds, empirical interatomic potentials
Defects in crystal lattice, theory of dislocations
Fracture mechanics:
- stress- strain field at the crack tip
- quantitative fractography of fatigue fracture
Nanomaterials and shape-memory alloys:
- deformation micromechanisms of ultra-fine grained materials
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Modeling deformation and response of crystals
- models of ideal crystal structure
- semiempirical interatomic potentials
- ab initio methods, molecular dynamics
Selected advanced topics:
- theoretical strength of carbon nanotubes
- elasticity of ideal crystals
- vibrational spectra of molecules