Engelska Studiehandboken kurser

Dept of Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPM009 Engineering Materials 6.0 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

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TIMEPERIOD: Q III


LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Esa Vuorinen Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of metallic and polymeric materials.

COURSE AIM
To provide the student with: -Basic knowledge of the structure, properties and performance of ceramic materials. -Knowledge of different systems and methods for surface treatment. -Deeper knowledge of the properties and production methods of polymeric materials. -Deeper knowledge of the properties and performance of metallic materials and training in the selection of materials.

CONTENTS
Ceramic Materials: Properties of ceramic materials and their dependence of the structure and the different steps in the production process will be treated. Powder properties, forming of powders, sintering mechanisms and methods, different processing methods and testing of mechanical properties. Properties and performance in use for conventional ceramics, glass, glassceramics, refractories and high performance ceramics are treated. Polymeric materials: Composites, rubber materials and design with polymeric materials. Surface treatment: Overview of the most common surface treatment methods. Aplication technologies and properties of the coatings will be treated. Metallic materials: Properties and use of ferrous and the technologically most important non-ferrous metallic materials will be treated. Powdermetallurgy. Procedure in the selection of materials.

TEACHING
Lectures and laboratory exercises.

EXAMINATION
Written exam.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS

Laboratory work                                             	0.7ECTS
Written exam                                                	5.2ECTS


COURSE LITTERATURE
Ashby, M.F.: Materials Selection in Mechanical Design. Pergamon Press, 1993. Literature of current interest in the fields of surface treatment, ceramic materials and polymeric materials respectively.

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