Course Title:

Structure and thermodynamics of materials

Full Professor

Mladen

Pavičić

Scientific and lecturing profession

First name

Surname

Number of ECTS credits

6

Total of direct lecturing hours

30

Course is given at:

the PhD Study

x

Mass, energy, and entropy balance analysis of complex systems; evaluation of thermodynamic property changes of pure materials; solution thermodynamics of single-phase multicomponent systems; phase and chemical reaction equilibrium. Microstructure-properties of structural concrete, steel, and polymeric materials (wood and plastics). Materials response to loading and environmental. Elastic properties, strength, creep, drying shrinkage, and thermal shrinkage. Processes of deterioration of materials and failure mechanisms. Composition and microstructure; correlation with physical and mechanical behavior of metals, ceramics, and polymers. Thermodynamics of deformable media, energy formulations, closed-form application, computational approximations. Coupling of the behavior of solids and fluids within the framework of poromechanics. Micromechanics and nanomechanics. Thermochemistry, combined material and energy balances. Phase stability, crystal imperfections, solubility, oxidation, surface and interface energy and transformations. Materials selection. Testing methods. Manufacturing methods.

Skill of reducing material structure and thermodynamics problems to their models and finding underlying physics and corresponding equations; competence in solving problems and designing experiments verifying solutions the problems.

Lecturing type

hours

label

title

P

Lectures

15

S

Seminars

15

Ordinal number

Title

1.

ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

2.

ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering

3.

Selected sections from chosen books given at the beginning of the course (each year).

Exam mode:

Written

X