Valid for: 2016/17
Decided by: Education Board E
Date of Decision: 2016-04-04
Main field: Industrial Design.
Compulsory for: KID1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The objective of the course is to demonstrate the relationship between material, properties and manufacturing, and how this influences design and use of products of different materials.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
The course defines the relevant properties of construction materials, e.g. stiffness, plasticity, formability, optical properties, thermal properties, and how these properties depend on structure. Different types of materials and manufacturing processes are used as base for the discussion.
Grading scale: UG
Assessment: Written exam, oral presented assignments, written materials selection assignment.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Course coordinator: Professor Srinivasan Iyengar, Srinivasan.Iyengar@material.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.material.lth.se