Course: Polymer technology for vehicles

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Course title Polymer technology for vehicles
Course code UTM/KV045
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Beneš Libor, prof. Dr. Ing. IWE
Course content
1. Application of polymers and their use 2. Polymer processing technology, processes 3. Construction plastics and their use 4. Lightweight materials and their use 5. Composite materiále in area of polymers 6. Adhesives, sealants, sealing elements 7. Coating systems, corrosion protection 8. Special applications of polymers 9. Producers and processors of polymer in the CR and abroad

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The content of the course is acquaintance with selected types of polymers and technologies of their production, with emphasis on use in transport technology, especially in the field of automobiles. The course deals with the division of plastics according to their properties into classes for processing, their treatment and additives for processing. It also discusses the rheological properties of plastic melts, respectively. used processing technologies (pressing, calendering, extrusion, injection, blowing, dipping, painting, casting and casting, spinning, lamination). Lightweight and thin materials and their processing are also presented. Technological aspects are devoted to the possibilities of their welding, machining, shaping / forming, resp. surface treatments. Course contents: 1. Chemistry of polymers, their structure, basic types, classification. 2. Application properties of polymers and their use in transport technology. 3. Polymer processing technology, basic procedures and methods. 4. Structural plastics and their use for vehicles. 5. Lightweight materials and their use (structural foams, sandwiches). 6. Composite materials based on polymers, possibilities of their applications. 7. Adhesives, sealants, sealing elements, rheological properties of plastic melts. 8. Coating systems, corrosion protection. 9. Special applications of polymers (high-tech, heat resistant) for transport technology. 10. Machines and equipment for processing, main producers and processors of polymers in the Czech Republic and abroad.

Prerequisites
Students will learn about technology of individual types of polymer materials and the specifics of individual technologies. They will control practices and application of the various materials and technologies in practice.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • I. Prokopová. Makromolekulární chemie. skriptum VŠCHT, Praha 2004.
  • J. Mleziva. Polymery - výroba, struktura, vlastnosti a použití, Sobotáles, Praha 2000.
  • V. Ducháček. Polymery, výroba, vlastnosti, zpracování, použití, skriptum VŠCHT Praha, 2006.


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