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436-222 Engineering Design and Materials 1B - Introduction To Engineering Materials

Credit points: 7.1

Coordinator: Mrs S. Maj

Prerequisite: 436-103 Engineering Mechanics or 421-103 Engineering Statics

Corequisite: 436-220 EDM 1A

Contact: 24 hours of lectures, 7 hours of tutorials and 8 hours of laboratory work

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Upon completion students will have developed an elementary understanding of the nature and behaviour of engineering materials, during their processing and in-service use.

Content:

Engineering materials and their properties: elasticity, yield strength, hardness, ductility; fast fracture, toughness and fatigue; creep deformation and fracture; oxidation and corrosion; friction, abrasion and wear.

Assessment:

Practical work and problem sheets not exceeding 20 pages; a two-hour examination.

Prescribed texts:

• Ashby, M. F. and Jones, D. R. H. , Engineering Materials, Pergamon, 1980

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 110)

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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