| Course objectives: |
| Providing a comprehensive knowledge on structure/processing/application and performance relationship of the ceramics materials with special emphasis on the advanced, high performance engineering ceramics |
| Course content and structure: |
| Structural characterization of crystalline and non-crystalline ceramics at micro- and macro level; Phase transformation, crystal imperfections. Mechanical behaviour and the related structural background of ceramic single crystals, polycrystals and amorphous systems. Mechanical characterisation of brittle materials: practice and information content of the test methods. Standards. Characteristic engineering applications. Typical damage mechanisms, failure analysis. Advanced processing methods. Advanced techniques of the improvement of strength and toughness of monolithic and multiphase ceramic systems. CMC-s and reinforcing phases (fibers, whiskers, particles, coatings). |
| Evaluation method: |
| Type of exam: written +oral. The oral examination can be performed if result of the written examination test exceeds the 50%. Evaluation: Summa scores=100. Percentage evaluation of the performance and marking by 1-5, as follows: 0-49%=1; 50-59%=2; 60-69%=3; 70-79%= 4; 80-100%= 5: |
| Required reading: |
| 1. Kingery, W. D.- Bowen, H.K.- Uhlmann, D.R.: Introduction to Ceramics, Second Edition, John Wiley&Sons, New York Chichester Brisbane Toronto Singapore, ISBN 0-471-47860-1, 1975. 2. Chiang,Y-M., Birnie, D.P.III., Kingery, W.D.: Physical Ceramics, (Principles for ceramic Science and Engineering) John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1996, ISBN 0-471-59873-9 3. D. W. Richerson: Modern Ceramic Engineering, Properties, Processing, and Use in Design;Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1992. 2nd ed., ISBN 0-8247-8634-3 |
| Suggested reading: |
| 4. K. K. Chawla: Ceramic Matrix Composites, Chapman&Hall New York, 1993. ISBN 0 4123 6740 8 5. B. W. Sheldon, S. C. Danforth: Silicon-Based Structural Ceramics, 1994. The American Ceramic Society; ISBN 0-944904-76-9, 6. S. Musikant: What every engineer should know about Ceramics, Marcel Dekker, Inc, 1991, New York, ISBN 0 8247 8498 7, |
