Material science 2Laajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Classification of steels, stainless steels, aluminium, Al-alloys, polymers, composites and ceramics.

Content

This course applies a broad range of scientific principles in the quest to material behaviour as well as to understand the functions of materials in modern society. The course looks at advances that continue to be made with metallic materials, where new developments continue to drive forward the improvements in properties of metallic alloys, aluminiums and stainless steels, and also in the area of polymers. Alongside this, you will look at how materials function in service, whether a material it is likely to degrade through chemical processes and when a structure may be susceptible to failure under the imposed mechanical forces.Selecting materials according to strength, toughness,
corrosion resistance, wear resistance. Fatigue and fracture mechanics.