Engelska Studiehandboken kurser

Dept of Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPP001 Non Metallic Materials 6.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: Q I

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
L Wallström Univ adj

PREREQUISITES
Basic physics

COURSE AIM
To provide basic knowledge on structure, processing and use of polymeric and ceramic engineering materials.

CONTENTS
Polymers (70% of the course): Polymer structure Glass transition temperature Crystallinity Rubbers Thermosets Viscoelasticity, phenomena, molecular mechanisms and theory Materials selection and design Processing methods Ceramics (30% of the course): Properties and applications Strengh, Weibull distribution, time dependant properties Structure of ceramics, glass, processing part 1 Processing part 2

TEACHING
Lectures, class room seminars, demonstrations

EXAMINATION
Written examination.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS


Laboratory work                                             	0.3ECTS
Written exam                                                	5.7ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
N.G. McCrum, C.P. Buckley and C.B. Bucknall, Principles of polymer engineering, Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1990. W.D. Callister; Material Science and Engineering, 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

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