Theory: 67 %

Practice: 33 %

Recommended semester: 3

Study mode: full-time

Prerequisites: Materials Engineering

Evaluation type: term mark

Course category: compulsory

Language: english

Responsible instructor: Dr. Berczeli Miklós

Instructor(s): Dr. Berczeli Miklós

Course objectives:
The aim of the course Vehicle materials and technologies is to familiarise students with the properties of materials used in the automotive industry and how to modify them. Students will learn about the technological conditions and the theoretical background of heat treatments, metal forming, joining technologies, modern structural materials and surface treatment processes.

Course content - lectures:

Properties of materials used in vehicle construction and the technologies that affect their properties (heat treatments, surface treatments). Properties of steels used in vehicle construction. Non-ferrous metals and their alloys used in vehicles. Production and properties of castings. Powder metallurgy and the manufacture of powder metallurgy products. Fundamentals of the plasticity of metals. Flow conditions. Formability of plates. Classification of plate machining technologies. Detailed treatment of cutting, cutting out, punching. Plate forming processes: theory of bending, V-forming, U-forming technologies, tools. Theory and principles of deep drawing. Maximum force required for deep drawing, design of deep drawing tools. Special forming technologies. Shaping of body panels. Basics of welding metals. Welding procedures. Fundamentals and properties of brazing. Thermal cutting of metals. Joining technologies used in automotive engineering.

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Acquired competences:
Knowledge:

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Attitude:

Autonomy and responsibilities:

Additional professional competences:

The student will become familiar with the basic facts, interrelationships, limits and boundaries of the knowledge and activity system of the field of engineering and materials technology. He/she is able to apply the acquired technical scientific principles, rules, contexts and procedures in solving routine tasks in the field of engineering. Ability to understand and process technical documentation. Open to general and specific knowledge underpinning the technical discipline. Is able to evaluate realistically the results of his/her own work.

Requirements, evaluation, grading:
Mid-term study requirements:
During the semester, one final examination will be written, which can be corrected or made up once. A satisfactory result in the final examination is a prerequisite for obtaining a satisfactory mid-semester grade. The mid-term mark is the final examination mark.
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Recommended readings:

Serope Kalpakjan, Steven R. Schmid: Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 8th Edition, Pearson 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0135228609; Ginsztler-Hidasi-Dévényi: Applied Materials Science, University Textbook, Technical University Publishing House 2000. ISBN 963 420 611; Jason Rowe: Advanced Materials in Automotive Engineering, 1st Edition, Elsevier, 2012, ISBN: 9780857095466