COURSE CONTENT

Atomic structure, atomic forces and bonds. Crystallic and amorphous structure of solid materials – Equilibrium conditions and phase diagrams – Thermally activated processes (diffusion, heat treatments) – Mechanical behavior of materials under quasi-static (tensile) loading – Plastic deformation of crystallic materials – Elastic and elasto-plastic behavior of amorphous materials – Mechanical behavior of materials under variable loading (fatigue) – Fractographic and Fracture Mechanics.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students attending this course gain the basic principles of the material science, namely the materials’ internal structure, technological properties and mechanical behavior. Moreover, through the assessment of the requirements as well as the different material properties and characteristics, students learn to select the appropriate material during the design phase of the structure or the component.

This knowledge is necessary and is used in many subsequent courses of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, such as Strength of Materials, Light Structures, Introduction to Composite Materials, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Finite Elements for Structural Analysis, Mechanics of Composite Materials etc.