Valid for: 2021/22
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED M
Date of Decision: 2021-04-13
Main field: Production and Materials Engineering.
Compulsory for: MPRR1
Elective for: F5, F5-bem, K5-m, M4-pu, M4-bem, M4-prr, MD4, N4-m
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
To provide the students with a deep and broad insight into the basic concepts and processes in materials science which are necessary to choose, modify and use materials in various applications.
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
Crystal structures, single crystals, stereographic projections and pole figures. Phase equilibria, solidification processes, binary and ternary phase diagrams. Alloy theory. Crystal defects, Thomson tetrahedron and partial dislocations. Materials characterization using optical and scanning electron microscopy, DTA, DSC och TGA. Thermophysical properties. Diffusion, Kirkendall effect. Plastic deformation, Creep. Common engineering materials including light alloys. Corrosion and surface engineering. Rheology of liquids.
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written examination, obligatory laboratory experiments, assignments / project report.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Assumed prior knowledge: Materials Engineering, Basic Course, Linear Algebra, Calculus in One Variable, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics and a course in Physics.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course might be cancelled: If the number of applicants is less than 12.
Course coordinator: Professor Dmytro Orlov, Dmytro.Orlov@material.lth.se
Course administrator: Rose-Marie Hermansson, rose-marie.hermansson@mel.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.material.lth.se