Course detail
Selected Chapters in Materials Science
FSI-9VFM Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Students should regularly attend lectures and consultations. They will solve several tasks during the semester. Rating of the quality of their solutions will be considered during the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
The objective is to make students familiar with the connections between the structure of real metallic and non-metallic crystals and their mechanical properties. This course enables students to acquire a knowledge about the internal structure of structural materials and about the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of their phase transformations. Students are also made familiar with the deformation and fracture behaviour of materials and with the fundamentals of fracture mechanics.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme D-MAT-P: Materials Sciences, Doctoral
branch ---: no specialisation, 0 credits, recommended course
Type of course unit
Lecture
20 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Chemical bonds in solids, electronic structure.
2. Structure of matter and lattice defects.
3. Vibrations of molecules, phonons in the crystal lattice.
4. Thermodynamics of phase transformations.
5. Diffusion in materials, mechanisms and quantitative descriptions.
6. Strength and stability.
Extent and details consulted will depend on PhD topics and other PhD courses content.