Division of properties of materials and structures
The focus of division
The research and development activities of the Division of Properties of Materials and Structures are focused on:
- relationships between structure and properties of materials (mechanical, physical and chemical),
- development of materials for high temperature applications and special technologies for their preparation (directional solidification, vacuum metallurgy, precision casting, forming, and heat treatment),
- destructive and non-destructive methods of testing and evaluation of materials and structures (eg. tensile, compression, creep, thermocyclic creep, fatigue, hardness, impact tests, vibration tests, acoustic emission, ultrasonic method, eddy current method, X-ray),
- development of methodologies for testing new materials and structures,
- microstructural aspects of fracture toughness, heat resistance and creep life prediction,
- deformation and fracture behaviour of materials,
- degradation of mechanical and structural properties of the materials during their loading under laboratory and operating conditions,
- development and application of analytical and numerical methods for modeling and simulation of mechanical and deformation behaviour of materials,
- reduction of the transmission of vibrations from mechanical systems to the environment,
- experimental and theoretical research on the relationship between random road unevenness and vibration in the road-vehicle-operator interaction system.
- research and professional activities in the field of materials for nuclear energy,
- transfer of scientific knowledge into practice within the framework of solving research and development projects with industry.
Destructive and nondestructive testing of materials
- Characterization of material and mechanical properties of metallic materials and components
- Destructive and non-destructive testing
- Microstructural analysis of materials
- Measurement of gas elements (O, N, H) content
Casting and heat treatment
- Research and development of precision casting technologies of alloys and composites
- Preparation of samples and prototypes from high-temperature and intermetallic alloys
- Heat treatment of the castings