Course Details

Teoretical elements of Composite Materials

Academic Year 2026/27

DJB046 course is part of 4 study plans

​ DPA-M Summer Semester 1st year

​ DKA-M Summer Semester 1st year

​ DPC-M Summer Semester 1st year

​ DKC-M Summer Semester 1st year

Development, distribution and types of composite materials and their characteristics.
Matrix and dispersed phase materials.
Composite action in the material structure. The influence of the structure on the properties of composites.
Variables defining properties of composites. Design of composites, choice of components and production problems.
Particle Composites I to III. type.
Fiber composites, fiber types (long and short fibers, carbon, metal, glass, basalt and polymer, whiskers) and matrix types.
Composite materials with cement matrix and fiber reinforcement, glass fiber reinforced concrete, fiber cement composites, fiber reinforced concrete with steel fibers. Slenderness ratio. Critical fiber length.
Composite materials with polymeric matrix and fiber reinforcement (FRP). Pultrussion process. New materials for reinforcing structures, lamellas, reinforcement fabrics. Composites reinforced with strips. Laminates. Hybrid composites.
Unidirectional composites - Relative representation of phases (volume and mass representation of components, basic computational relations). Longitudinal strength and stiffness, working diagram during tensile stress (graphs, basic calculation relationships). Thermal expansion, transport properties, transmission coefficient (graphs, basic computational relations). Module of elasticity and strength of short-fiber composites.

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Lenka Bodnárová, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

Knowledge of physics and chemistry. Knowledge of building materials, knowledge of building materials physics, mechanics, concrete technology, plastics.

Aims

Professional knowledge

Acquiring the theoretical basis for the issue of composite materials. Obtaining an overview of the application of new composite materials in construction. Understanding the composite effect of materials and the possibilities provided by composite materials. Familiarization with the principles of designing and using composites.

Professional skills

Based on the knowledge gained, the student can optimally choose a composite material for a specific application, is able to define the required properties of the composite, the conditions of its use. Is able to predict the properties of the designed composite material.

Professional competencies

The student will be able to use knowledge and skills in the context of designing the properties and production technology of composite materials.

Basic Literature

BODNÁROVÁ, L. Kompozitní materiály, studijní opora, Brno, Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta stavební, 2007. (cs)

Recommended Reading

BHAGWAN D. AGARWAL, LAWRENCE J. BROUTMAN, K. CHANDRASHEKHARA, Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites, 4th Edition, ISBN: 978-1-119-38998-9, 2017 (en)
W. CLYNE, D. HULL, An Introduction to Composite Materials, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 10 0521860954, 2019 (en)
ACI Committee 440, ACI 440R-07 Report on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, ISBN: 9780870312595, 2007 (en)
 VISTASP M KARBHARI, Durability of Composites for Civil Structural Applications, Woodhead Publishing in Materials, ISBN: 0849391091, 2007 (en)

Prerequisites

Knowledge of physics and chemistry. Knowledge of building materials, knowledge of building materials physics, mechanics, concrete technology, plastics.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/302277

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Types of composite materials and their characteristics, development of composite materials.
  • 2. Definition of composite effect, variables defining the composite properties, their structural classification.
  • 3. Design of composites.
  • 4. Particles composites of I. till III.type; specific characteristics.
  • 5. Fibre composites, fibres, matrices.
  • 6. Composite materials with cement matrix and fibrous reinforcement.
  • 7. Glass-fibre-concrete, fibre-concrete with polymer fibres, design, application.
  • 8. Fibre-concrete with steel fibres, design, application.
  • 9. Composite materials with polymer matrix and fibrous reinforcement.
  • 10. Technology composite materials manufacture, with polymer matrix and fibre reinforcement.
  • 11. New materials for strengthening of structures, lamellas, reinforcing fabrics.
  • 12. Composites reinforced by bands. Laminates. Hybrid composites.
  • 13. Unidirectional composites, abundances of fibres. Mechanics of unidirectional composites.Longitudinal strength and stiffness, stress strain diagram during tensile load (graphs, basic calculation formulae, Behaviour in the case of failure. Thermal dilatation and transport properties. Elasticity modulus and strength of short-fibre composites.