Goals: understanding particular casting techniques: cold chamber and hot chamber die casting, low-pressure casting, precision casting and thixo casting. Students understand the laws of flow in the elements of pouring and feeding system in filling in hollows under pressure and learn the basic foundry alloys for the aforementioned techniques.
Goals: understanding the relevance of measuring techniques for the control, analysis and operation of technological processes; Acquiring basic concepts of measuring techniques and methods and properties of measuring systems; Evaluation of the results with regard to uncertainty of measurements and statistical analysis; Survey of sensors for electrical measurements of physical parameters, physical principles underlying measurements ... Read more
Goals: understanding the needs of waste material recycling from an economic and environmental point of view for already used and new materials.
The content of the course includes methodology of planning, synthesis and characterisation of composites, selection, synthesis and properties of the constituent elements of composites and for planning and predicting mechanical properties, particularly strength and toughness, forming, joining and engineering applications. Students are introduced to a new world of materials, different from other materials in terms ... Read more
The course introduces students to the area of inorganic non-metal materials. Topics include: composition, structure and properties of ceramic materials and their applications in natural sciences, technology and medicine, using the tools for designing the micro structure and properties of materials; understanding the mechanisms in materials at the micro level that influence the performance of ... Read more
Goals: learning techniques of polymer processing technologies as well as equipment and its technical capacities and development trends in the area of polymers; Rheological, thermodynamic and tribological properties of polymer materials; Acquiring knowledge on the processes of melting, compounding, spraying, calendaring and extrusion; Ability to carry out modelling and simulating processes and treating processes in ... Read more
Goals: acquiring fundamental knowledge on polymer chemistry as well as polymer materials and their properties. Course specific competences: understanding the structure and physical and chemical properties of polymers; understanding the basic reaction mechanisms of polymer synthesis; understanding general characteristics of modification and degradation of polymers; understanding the impact of additives on the properties of polymers; ... Read more
The course is a follow-up to the course in Physical metallurgy and addresses specific problems and processes occurring in major metals and alloys of non-ferrous metals from the metallurgical aspect. The goal is to combine theoretical knowledge with practical examples from engineering practice.
The course covers topics on physical and chemical properties of iron, crystal structure, allotropy, measurements of temperature in phase transitions, diffusion, alloy systems of FE- C and other elements, phase transformation in Fe-C system, impact of alloying elements on the constitution of phase diagrams and the course of transformation, heat treatment, mechanical processing and surface ... Read more
Contents: Energy planning and computer solutions of heat engineering problems; measurements of calorific value of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, flash point, ignition point, viscosity and density of liquid fuels; Measuring flow rates, pressure and temperature; Capturing signals from transducers and simultaneous computer processing of measurement data; Physical and chemical methods for analysing fuel gases ... Read more