COURSE CONTENT

Mechanical and technological properties (impact, hardness, wear, tribological properties, weldability, machinability, rollability) – Improvement of mechanical properties of metallic materials (strengthening mechanisms, mechanical and thermal processes) – Corrosion and corrosion protection methods -Pyrometallurgy – Sintering- Engineering materials – Iron and iron-based alloys- Steel and cast-iron – Light weight metallic materials (Aluminum and aluminum alloys, Magnesium and magnesium alloys) – Heavy weight metallic materials (Copper and copper alloys, Nickel and nickel alloys) – Polymer and composite materials – Ceramic materials.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students attending this course gain the basic principles of the material science, namely the materials’ technological properties and mechanical behavior. Specifically, the materials’ behavior under corrosive environments as well as under dynamic loading (fatigue, fatigue crack growth, fracture mechanics) is analyzed. Finally, a small introduction in the polymers/composite materials as well as in steel production and properties is also part of this course.

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.