16-Mec-B8 - Engineering Materials (Recorded)

Engineering Materials/ 16-Mec-B8/ 08-Mfg-B5/

Working properties of steel, aluminum, magnesium, and titanium light alloys, superalloys and metal matrix composites. High temperature materials, metallic foams and other cellular materials, precursor-derived ceramics, corrosion of materials, intermetallics, multicomponent alloys, biomedical materials, polymeric composites as structural materials, ultrafine and nano structured materials. Microscale and nanoscale mechanisms responsible for their unique properties, such as molecular mobility and phase transitions. Working properties of polymers, shape memory alloys, piezoelectric materials, electro-rheological fluids, magnetostrictive materials, and fibre-reinforced composites. Selection of materials. Testing of engineering materials. Emphasis on those used in aircraft, high-speed ground transportation vehicles, underwater,and space applications.

Textbooks (most recent edition is recommended):

• Ashby, Michael and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1:  An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann.

• Ashby, Michael and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 2:  An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Understand the working properties of light alloys including steel, aluminum, magnesium, and titanium.

• Analyze the characteristics and applications of superalloys and metal matrix composites.

• Examine high-temperature materials and their behavior in extreme conditions.

• Explore the properties and applications of metallic foams and cellular materials.

• Study precursor-derived ceramics and their unique attributes.

• Evaluate corrosion mechanisms in various engineering materials.

• Investigate the properties and applications of intermetallics and multicomponent alloys.

• Understand the characteristics and applications of biomedical materials.

• Analyze the structure and properties of polymeric composites as structural materials.