Info ENMat CRDMT _Svejcar_

or work-oriented stays in research establishments, etc.) - Service provided to industry (counseling and consultancy activities, offering research infrastructure, scientific service, technology transfer, dissemination of information concerning new advanced materials and technologies, etc.) - Other activities (joint organization of national and international conferences, support and promotion of tuition in materials science and engineering at universities, including doctoral studies, etc.) Expertise on following materials : Thanks to the structure of CRDMT, the expertise covers nearly all engineering materials . Actual research domains concerning materials technology / Competences : - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, BUT BRNO " Development of research techniques(optical tomography, holographic and confocal microscopy, optical diffraction and optical image processing, contactless measurement of the surface quality,etc.) " Structure and properties of aluminium and magnesium alloys " Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies European Network of Materials Research Centres ENMat " Etching and modification of solid surfaces and thin films by broad ion beams. Design and application of UHV apparatus for direct deposition of ultrathin films by focused ion beam.<br><br> In-situ analysis of surfaces and deposited films. Building-up of research techniques or design of apparatuses: Time-of-flight-low-energy-ion-spectroscopy (TOF LEIS), secondary-ion-mass-spectroscopy (SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning tunneling/atomic force microscopy (STM/AFM) in UHV conditions, surface structure determination by low-energy-electron-diffraction (LEED). Preparation and investigation of nanostructures by STM/AFM.<br><br> " Mechanical properties and structure of materials. Ab initio approaches to determination of elastic and magnetic properties of crystals. Multiaxila fatigue of metallic materials.<br><br> Quantitative fractography by means of stereogrammetrical methods. Cracks/microcracks behaviour in selected composites with brittle matrix. " Structure and properties of aluminium and magnesium alloys and composites " Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies(ceramics) " Kinetics of carbides precipitation in Cr-Mo steels " The modelling and experimental study of structural stability of modern heat resistent steels and their weldments - COMTES FHT,Ltd.<br><br> Plze H " Numerical simulation of forming " Physical simulation of forming " Mechanical properties of metals " Metallography " Forming tool properties " Microforming " Image analysis " Heat treatment " Thermomechanical treatment - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical Univ., Praha " Electrically conducting composite plastic materials, " Solar cells prepared from organic materials, " Thin layers (mainly by vacuum evaporation), " Materials for the new electromechanical transducers for nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). - Institute of Plasma Physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Brno " Plasma spraying of coatings and free standing bodies " Characterization of plasma sprayed materials " Properties of plasma sprayed materials " Materials for fusion applications - Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava " Continuous casting " Nickel Super Alloys INCONEL base " Sulphide Stress Cracking " Corrosion Resistance of High Alloy Materials in the Passive State " Fracture Toughness of Ceramics Cutting Tools. European Network of Materials Research Centres ENMat - `KODA RESEARCH,Ltd.<br><br> Plze H " Investigation of Material Behaviours " Metallurgical research " Standard Tests of Vehicles " Fatigue Life Assessment " Noise and Vibration Measurement " Electrotechnical Testing " Computer Simulation " Computational Fluid Dynamic " Application of Thermal Spraying Technology - Department of Materials and Metallurgy, Faculty of Machine Engineering, West Bohemian University, Plze H " Physical metallurgy of alloy steels " Thin film coatings of steels and polymers " Numerical modelling of forging processes - Aicraft Research and Testing Institute, Praha-Let H any " Static and fatigue characteristics of materials in normal conditions or in heat/low temperature and humidity conditions " Crack propagation, fracture mechanics - SVÚM,Co., Praha " Structure analysis of metals, polymer and composites " Testing of materials in accredited labs 3 metals, polymers, composites coating, surface treatment - Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic " Nondestructive material characterization and diagnostics (acoustic emission, ultrasound, guided waves, crystal acoustics, acoustic microscopy, ultrasonic spectroscopy and nonlinear acoustics) " Development of novel acoustic, ultrasonic, optical methods " In situ techniques " Physical properties of phase transforming materials " Shape memory alloys " Smart structures and composites " Functional materials and actuators - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Liberec " Characterization of metals and non-metallic materials (composites, intermetallics) " Surface Engineering 3 coatings nanolayers, RF PVD deposition, diamond-like carbon (DLC), nanocrystalline diamond (NCD), TiO 2 layers " Testing.of properties thin layers (biocompatibility (endo-prosthesis), barrier coatings 3 thermal and wear resistant, tribological properties, " TD (non destructive testing) - VÚH},Co. Dobrá " Measurement of molten steel level in granulator during continuous casting " Coated tools with long service life European Network of Materials Research Centres ENMat " Production of special equipment for metallurgical plants, foundries and machine plants " Centrifugal casting " Manufacturing of special rolled shapes from steel and non-ferrous metals " Material testing and expertises - Research and Development Division, Vítkovice,Co " Physical metallurgy of steels " Materials engineering " Advanced forming technologies " Fatigue and fracture behaviour of steels " Production of special ingot steel " Chemical analyses of metallic materials " Secondary metallurgy research - Technology Innovation Centre, VÚK, Panenské B Y e~any " Applied research and development of non-ferrous alloys " Development of lead-free non-ferrous alloys " Development of production and processing technologies of non-ferrous metals " Testing and analyses of metal materials " Development of thermo-mechanical heat treatment of non-ferrous alloys " Technology transfer " Development of metal and alloy data-bases - Department of Physics of Metals, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Praha " Mechanical properties of metals and alloys " Properties of magnesium and aluminium alloys " Properties of intermetallics " Acoustic emission " Electron microscopy " Thermophysical properties of materials - Institute of Physics of Materials AS CR, Brno " Creep, high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue, creep-fatigue interaction and other types of mechanical loading " Brittle fracture and fracture mechanics " Processing, microstructure and mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained metals and alloys " Dislocation substructure, recovery and recrystallization of metallic Materials " Thermodynamic, diffusion and magnetic properties " Microstructure of phases " Particle and fibre-reinforced metal-base composites and nanocomposites. - Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University Praha " Fractography " Fractographic Reconstitution of Fatigue Crack History " Failure Analysis European Network of Materials Research Centres ENMat " Testing of Mechanical Properties " Damage Processes of Thermally Sprayed Coatings " Numerical Modelling of Stress and Strain Fields in Failure Processes " Advanced materials 3 Intermetalics, Ceramics, Composites etc.<br><br> - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University Praha, " Structure and mechanical properties of wrought and cast HSLA steels. " Development of new testing methods for diagnostics of metallic materials. " Processing and properties of advanced magnesium alloys.<br><br> " Optimization of constitution and heat treatment of tool steels made by powder metallurgy. " Carbon 3 carbon composites for bioengineering. " Research on polymeric and composite materials for automotive applications.<br><br> " Development of materials for custom-fit products. " Development of polymer composite materials for high performance machining systems. " Damage and durability of thermoplastics polymer nanocomposites.<br><br> " Recycling processes for engineering plastics. - Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic " Fundamental processes of crystal growth, phase transformations and plastic deformation " The properties of intergranular and interphase boundaries, grain boundary " Migration and segregation, interfaces in shape memory materials, the impact of interfaces on deformation processes and transformation reactions " Preparation of oriented single crystals and bicrystals with fully characterized boundaries " Characterization of thin layers, quantitative phase analysis " In situ deformation in TEM " Multi-scale modelling of material properties for the interpretation of experimental findings spanning from the models based on the anisotropic continuum to the atomistic simulations Available research infrastructure : As is clear from the above mentioned profile, CRDMT serves as a kind of Centre for 19 units , each with its own research infrastructure (see also their web sites). Coordinate address : URL : CSNMT, Novotného lávka 5 CZ 116 68 Praha 1 Czech Republic http://csnmt.fme.vutbr.cz Contact persons : Name : Function : Tel.<br><br> : Fax : e-mail : Prof.Dr.Ji Y í `vejcar Chairman +420 541143102 +420 541143198 svejcar@fme.vutbr.cz European Network of Materials Research Centres ENMat

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