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Materials Materials Structures and Applications Structure of atoms, Bohr theory. Primary and secondary bondings and their relationships with material properties. Classification of engineering materials: metals, ceramics, polymers and composites and typical applications. Ideal crystalline solids: basic crystallography. Microstructure of metals and ceramics: grains, grain size, defects and their influence on mechanical and physical properties. 
 Structure of polymers: molecule chains, curing, thermoplastic and thermosets 
 Properties, testing and selection Materials properties and design: stiffness. strength and toughness; stress strain curves, Young&#39;s modulus, yield strength, toughness, fracture toughness. Factors affecting  the behaviour and properties of materials. Destructive and non-destructive tests; tensile, hardness, ductile and brittle failure. Analysis and interpretation of materials testing data. Material selection: Introduction to computer-based techniques for material selection. 
 Manufacturing Metal materials and processing Classification of materials processing methods: forming, shaping, and processing. Casting processes: Fluid flow and solidification; casting mould design; prevention of casting defects. Metal cutting processes: Milling, turning and grinding theory, preparation of data and tool selection. Overview of cold working process of metals. 
 Processing of plastics and composites Fundamentals of moulding processes of plastics and composites. Injection moulding, compression moulding, blow moulding, vacuum forming Rapid prototyping and 3D printing methods Mould design

Materials - 4611IYO

Materials

Apply different materials testing and analysis data methods for design and product development.

Review the range of available materials, their applications and properties and demonstrate knowledge of the basic structures of different groups of materials.

Demonstrate knowledge of materials and processing methods.