MATERIALS SCIENCE TecnoCampus | Centers attached to Pompeu Fabra University and Business Park

General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Julián Horrillo Tello

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff:

Andreu Comajuncosas Fortuño

Teaching languages

This subject has been successfully enrolled by a number of foreign students, most of them from Italy. Classes are taught in Catalan, and students are expected to achieve a basic understanding of spoken Catalan. However, exams and practical reports can be written in Italian or other languages. Public questions in the classroom, and private questions to the lecturer, can also be posed in Italian or other languages.

Skills

Specific skills

EC9: Know the basics of science, technology and material chemistry. Understand the relationship between microstructure, synthesis or processing and material properties.

Description

Scientific foundations of the structure and properties of materials used in mechanical and electronic engineering.

It is recommended, but not essential, to have taken previous subjects in Physics and Chemistry.

The contents of this subject will be extended in later subjects.

Learning outcomes

In general, this subject contributes to the following learning outcomes specified by the subject to which it belongs:

- LO1: Relate the structure of materials with their properties and applications.

- LO2: Understand and apply material testing rules.

- LO3: Analyze and size structures.

LO9: Understand and put into practice the way and dynamics of teamwork.

- LO11: Carry out the assignments based on the basic guidelines given by the teacher, deciding the time to be used in each section, including personal contributions and extending the sources of information indicated.

At a more specific level, at the end of the course the student must be able to:

- Identify and distinguish the crystalline structures of the most used materials in engineering.

- Recognize the types of defects in crystal lattice, and explain their influence on the macroscopic properties of the material.

- Explain the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of materials.

- Relate stress and strain in metals, ceramics and polymers.

- Interpret the phase diagrams of the most common binary alloys.

- Calculate the proportions of each phase from the phase diagram.

- Relate the microstructure of a material with the heat treatment to which it has been subjected, and with its properties.

- Relate the concentrations of dopants in a semiconductor with their electrical properties.

- Compare the properties of metallic, ceramic, polymer and composite materials.

Working methodology

The subject combines face-to-face classes in the classroom and practical classes in the laboratory.

In the classroom, the presentation of the theoretical concepts, the resolution of exercises and examples of application by the teacher will be alternated, and occasionally, the collaborative resolution and presentation on the board of some exercise by the students. students.

In the laboratory students will perform experiments related to the contents of the subject.

Students will have to devote additional time, non-contact, to the resolution of exercises, preparation of reports of laboratory practices and preparation of written tests.

Learning activities

1. First partial test (contents 1 and 2). [CE9, RA1, CB1, CB5]
General description	Written test to evaluate the contents developed in the first half of the course.
Support material	Statement of the test.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Test resolution. The grade will represent 40% of the course grade.
Specific objectives	Explain theoretical concepts corresponding to topics 1 and 2. Solve exercises corresponding to topics 1 and 2.

2. Second partial test (contents 3, 4 and 5). [CE9, RA1, CB1, CB5]
General description	Written test to evaluate the contents developed in the second half of the course.
Support material	Statement of the test.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Test resolution. The grade will represent 40% of the course grade.
Specific objectives	Explain theoretical concepts corresponding to topics 3, 4 and 5. Solve exercises corresponding to topics 3, 4 and 5.

3. Resolution of exercises (contents 1 to 5). [CE9, RA1, CB1, CB5]
General description	Some of the proposed exercises will have to be solved.
Support material	Collection of exercises. Notes, books and other supporting material.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Generally these exercises will have to be solved outside the classroom. Some of them will be solved by the students in the classroom, collaboratively in groups of two or three students, and displayed on the board. This activity will not directly contribute to the course grade. However, its realization will be very useful for the preparation of the written tests.
Specific objectives	Solve exercises related to the contents of the subject.

4. Practice 1. Metallography. [CE9, RA1, RA2, RA9, RA11]
General description	Demonstrative practice where the operation of a metallographic microscope is taught and images of the granular structure of various metals and alloys are acquired.
Support material	Practice script. Introductory presentation on metallography. Images obtained with a microscope.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Students, in groups of three, apply the ASTM standards for calculating grain size number and grain diameter. They also calculate the percentage of graphite in a nodular smelter. They deliver a written report with the calculations. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Perform numerical calculations with the appropriate units according to a material testing standard.

5. Practice 2. Tensile tests. [CE9, RA1, RA2, RA9, RA11]
General description	Students use a 1500 kg traction machine to break several metal test tubes and obtain the numerical files with the force and elongation data.
Support material	Practice script. Files with the strength and elongation data of each material.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Students, in groups of three, represent the stress-strain graphs with a spreadsheet (Excel), using force and elongation data and measurements of test tube dimensions. From the stress-strain graphs determine for each material the Young's modulus, elastic limit, maximum tensile strength and ductility. They deliver a report with graphs and calculations. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Understand the relationship between stress and strain in metals. Use a spreadsheet to get graphs and perform calculations.

6. Practice 3. Hardness tests. [CE9, RA1, RA2, RA9, RA11]
General description	Demonstrative practice of measuring Brinell, Rockwell and Shore hardness.
Support material	Practice script.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Calculation of the Brinell hardness formula from the signal diameters to various metal samples. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Know different hardness scales.

7. Practice 4. Impact tests. [CE9, RA1, RA2, RA9, RA11]
General description	Demonstrative practice of Charpy and Izod impact tests on polymers, according to ISO 179 and 180 standards.
Support material	Practice script.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Students, in groups of three, calculate the energy absorbed by the samples in the impact rupture, taking into account the friction losses of the machine and assessing the effect of the sample temperature. They deliver a written report with the calculations. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Perform numerical calculations with the appropriate units according to a material testing standard.

8. Practice 5. Properties of Plexiglas and other polymers. [CE9, RA1, RA2, RA3, RA9]
General description	Demonstrative practice where a 5000 kg traction machine is used to break various samples of Plexiglas and other polymers, according to ISO 527. Density is also measured, with an adaptation of ISO 1183.
Support material	Practice script. Plexiglas manufacturer's data sheet.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Students assess whether the sample provided is from the Plexiglas described on the data sheet or from a substitute. They deliver a written report with the findings. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Perform numerical calculations with the appropriate units according to a material testing standard.

9. Practice 6. Thermal properties. [CE9, LO1, LO9, LO11]
General description	Students measure the heat capacity and thermal conductivity of various metals.
Support material	Practice script.
Deliverable and links to the evaluation	Students, in groups of three, submit a written report with the requested calculations, graphs, and conclusions. The overall grade for all internships represents 20% of the course grade. Some of the contents of the practices can also come out in the individual written exams.
Specific objectives	Use a spreadsheet to get graphs and perform calculations.

Evaluation system

The final grade will be the weighted average of the grades of the assessable activities:

First partial test: 40%

Second partial test: 40%

Laboratory practices: 20%

Recovery exam: 80%

There will be a first partial test in the middle of the course, corresponding to topics 1 and 2, and a second partial test at the end of the course, corresponding to topics 3, 4 and 5.

For students who do not pass the assessment during the course, 20% of the internship grade will be maintained, and an overall retake exam will be held which will be worth 80% of the grade.

The resit exam may be used to pass the subject with a final grade of 5, but not to obtain a grade higher than 5.

In the event that the health regulations prevent a first face-to-face examination, the weighting of the evaluable activities will be:

Face-to-face final test: 70%

Laboratory practices: 30%

REFERENCES

Basic

Callister, WD Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering. 1a. edition. Barcelona: Reverté, 2007. ISBN 9788429172539 - 9788429172546.

Shackelford, JF Introduction to materials science for engineers. 6a. edition. Madrid: Pearson - Prentice Hall, 2008. ISBN 9788420544519.

Smith, WF, Hashemi, J. Fundamentals of materials science and engineering. 4a. edition. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 9701056388.

Complementary

Gil, FJ Engineering materials. Problems solved. Barcelona: UPC, 2000. ISBN 9788483014110.

Cembrero, J. Materials science and technology. Problems and issues. Madrid: Pearson - Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 9788420542492.

Askeland, D. Materials science and engineering. Madrid: Thomson - Paraninfo, 2001. ISBN 8497320166.

Mangonon, PL Materials Science. Selection and design. Madrid: Pearson - Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 9789702600275.

Ashby, M., Jones, DRH Engineering materials. 1a. edition. Barcelona: Reverté, 2010. ISBN 9788429172553 -9788429172560.

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