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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Materials and Manufacturing Eng

MPP006 Polymer Science and Engineering II-Processing and Design 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q III

LANGUAGE:English

EXAMINER
L Berglund Prof


PREREQUISITES
Basic knowledge of polymers, eg MPP001

COURSE AIM
To provide basic material knowledge for materials selection, testing of polymers, design of components, choice of processing parameters and others engineering problems arising during processing and use of polymer materials.

CONTENTS
Polymer structure
Thermal properties
Melt flow properties
Extrusion
Injection moulding
Other processes
Viscoelasticity and yielding
Failure and chemical resistance
Impact and fatigue

TEACHING
Lectures, seminars, laboratory work.

EXAMINATION
Written examination.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Homeworks 1.50ECTS
Laboratory work 1.50ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
A.W. Birley, B. Haworth and J. Batchelor, Physics of plastics - Processing, properties and materials engineering, Carl Hanser Verlag (Munich), 1992.

REMARKS


Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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