In order to become eligible for classification the student has to pass a written qualification test. The final exam is oral and concerns the content of the whole lecture course.

B - Haupt P.: Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Materials. Springer, Berlin 2000. (ISBN 3-540-66114-X).

B - Billington E. W., Tate A.: The Physics of Deformation and Flow. McGraw Hill, New York 1981. (ISBN 0-07-005285-9).

B - Green D.J.: An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Ceramics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998. (ISBN 0-521-59913-X).

B - Menčík J.: Strength and fracture of glass and ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1992. (ISBN 0-444-98685-5).

B - Pabst W., Gregorová E.: Effective elastic moduli of alumina, zirconia and alumina-zirconia composite ceramics, pp. 31-100 in Caruta B.M. (ed.): Ceramics and Composite Materials - New Research. Nova Science, New York 2006. (ISBN 1-59454-370-4).

C - Torquato S.: Random Heterogeneous Materials - Microstructure and Macrosopic Properties. Springer, New York 2002.

C - Menčík J.: Strength and Fracture of Glass and Ceramics. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1992. (ISBN 0-444-98685-5).

C - Pabst W., Gregorová E.: Effective thermal and thermoelastic properties of alumina, zirconia and alumina-zirconia composite ceramics, pp. 77-138 in Caruta B.M. (ed.): New Developments in Materials Science Research. Nova Science, New York 2007. (ISBN 1-59454-854-4).

1. Úvod – tenzory a bilanční rovnice

2. Napětí, deformace a konstitutivní rovnice

3. Elastické pevné látky a viskózní tekutiny

4. Lineární elasticita izotropních pevných látek

5. Lineární termoelasticita pevných látek a tekutin

6. Stavové rovnice a principy atomistického modelování

7. Základy lomové mechaniky

8. Teplotní závislost vlastností a tlumení

9. Testování mechanických vlastností I

10. Testování mechanických vlastností II

11. Reologie viskózních kapalin a suspenzí

12. Reologie viskoplastických a viskoelastických materiálů

13. Efektivní vlastnosti heterogenních materiálů

14. Piezoelektrické vlastnosti

1. Introduction – tensors and balance laws

2. Stress, strain and constitutive equations

3. Elastic solids and viscous fluids

4. Linear elasticity of isotropic solids

5. Linear thermoelasticity of solids and fluids

6. Equations of state and atomistic modeling

7. Fracture mechanics

8. Temperature dependence of properties and damping

9. Measurement of mechanical properties I

10. Measurement of mechanical properties II

11. Rheology of viscous fluids and suspensions

12. Rheology of viscoplastic and viscoelastic materials

13. Effective properties of heterogeneous materials

14. Piezoelectric properties

Students will be able to:

use the most important concepts related to stress and strain tensors, correctly choose and and evaluate mechanical tests, correctly interpret their results, use the correct terminology for the presentation of results and grasp the underlying theoretical principles of materials mechanics to the degree and depth necessary for a full understanding of the modern specialized literature in the field.

In order to enroll for this course the student must have a bachelor (B.Sc.) or comparable degree in chemistry, materials science and technology or a related field.