MTE2540

Materials science and engineering

4 points
* 26 lectures plus tutorials and practical classes
* Offered in both semesters
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: MTE1510 or ENG1501

Objectives To gain an appreciation and understanding of the way that material properties may be controlled for engineering design and applications.

Synopsis Mechanical properties of materials, fatigue and fracture. Engineering polymers. Mechanical behaviour of polymers. Design with polymers. Engineering alloys, microstructure-property relationship. Steels, light alloys and advanced metallic materials. Metallurgical processes. Welding and joining of engineering alloys. Corrosion of engineering alloys. Environmental failure. Selection of materials.

Recommended texts

Callister W D Materials science and engineering: An introduction
West J M Basic corrosion and oxidation

Reference

McCrum N G, Buckley C P and Bucknall C B Principles of polymer engineering OUP, 1988
Tretheway K R and Chamberlain J Corrosion for students of science and engineering Longman, 1988
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