Goals: acquisition of skills for experimental testing, evaluation and simple model description of formability of materials for cold and hot working and hot forming in valence and processed input state. The course conveys awareness about important influences of chemical composition, microstructure and thermo-mechanical maintenance of plastic state on the forming properties and relates this to ... Read more
The goal of the course is to introduce students to the principles of developing algorithms through basic programming and the use of modern software, e.g. spreadsheets. Therefore, students are introduced to programming, which involves writing algorithms in a suitable programming language. Algorithm development techniques, e.g. sequential execution of computer instructions, conditional clauses and looping will ... Read more
The goal is to understand the laws of thermodynamics necessary for materials engineers to understand physico-chemical processes occurring in materials during manufacturing processes. Students acquire knowledge about the laws on thermodynamics, thermodynamics in liquid and solid solutions, chemical and phase equilibria in materials, fundamentals of kinetics and electrochemistry. Theory is combined with numerous practical examples ... Read more
Students acquire fundamentals of the physics of electro technology. The course is meant for metallurgists and those studying materials science and provides theoretical knowledge on electro technology at work, i.e. electrical measurements, electrochemistry and electrothermics. This includes: electrical installations, electrical safety and regulations. Topics include: electric field, direct circuits, magnetic field, inductivity, magnetism, measuring electrical ... Read more
Goals: the course is given at an early stage for students to understand the major areas and issues of the Metallurgical Technology study programme. Through practicals, students become aware of the correlation between theoretical explanations and understanding of the phenomena observed in a laboratory and their applications as well as industrial processes of making melts ... Read more
Goals: acquiring knowledge on physical aspects of metallurgy and physical-metallurgical factors to understand the structure and microstructure of metals and alloys; understanding the nature of solidification processes in metal-based materials in real conditions; transitions from liquid to solid and changes in the solid state; ability to use basic methods for performing metallographic analyses and ability ... Read more
Goals: Acquisition of fundamental knowledge necessary for the study of reasons and conditions of motion of solid bodies and fluids. The course is divided into three chapters: Statics of rigid bodies, statics of deformable bodies and fluid mechanics. The first chapter provides the fundamentals on rigid body statics: composition and decomposition of forces, reaction forces ... Read more
Goals: acquiring basic concepts about heat and temperature, fuels, combustion and mechanisms of heat transfer in nature and engineering. Students acquire skills for analysing heat engineering phenomena and heat transfer as well as skills for teamwork and use of professional literature and electronic information sources.