Course: Applied Macromolecular Physics

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Course title Applied Macromolecular Physics
Course code TUVI/TK7AF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zatloukal Martin, prof. Ing. Ph.D., DSc.
  • Měřínská Dagmar, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Structure, properties and morphology of polymeric materials - description and evaluation. 2. Relationship between structure and processing properties of polymeric materials. 3. Phase states of polymers. 4. Crystallization and its kinetics. 5. Thermodynamic properties of polymers. 6. Shape stability - physical and chemical processes in cooling and crosslinking. 7. Filled polymers and polymer blends. 8. Rheology, tensor analysis of shear and elongation flow. 9. Extrusion, principles, process modeling and its optimization. 10. Effect of screw design on extrusion processability of polymers. 11. Negative phenomena in extrusion, methodology of their elimination, practical examples. 12. Flat and profile extrusion head, design optimization using rheology and flow modeling. 13. Circular extrusion head, design optimization using rheology and flow modeling. 14. Coextrusion, injection, principle, negative phenomena, process modeling and its optimization.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Practice exercises, Individual work of students
  • Preparation for course credit - 120 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student has knowledge of solving flow problems of polymeric materials.
The student has knowledge of solving flow problems of polymeric materials.
Skills
The student can use the knowledge in designing and optimizing the design of tools for processing polymers.
The student can use the knowledge in designing and optimizing the design of tools for processing polymers.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Analysis of works made by the student (Technical products)
Written examination
Written examination
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • BAIRD, D.G., COLLIAS, D.I. Polymer Processing: Principles and Design. 2nd Ed. xv, 393 s.. Hoboken: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-0-470-93058-8.
  • Dealy, J.M., Wang, J. Melt Rheology and its Applications in the Plastics Industry. 2nd Ed. Dordrecht: Springer, 2013. ISBN 978-94-007-6394-4.
  • Meissner, B., Zilvar, V. Fyzika polymerů. Struktura a vlastnosti polymerních materiálů. Praha : SNTL, 1987.
  • SPERLING, L.H. Introduction to Physical Polymer Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1986. ISBN 0471890928.
  • VLČEK, J., MAŇAS, M. Aplikovaná reologie. Zlín: UTB, 2001. ISBN 8073180391.
  • WILKINSON, A.N., RYAN, A.J. Polymer Processing and Structure Development. ix, 577 s.. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998. ISBN 0-7514-0363-6.


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