Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
6505NCCG-JAN-PAR
New-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module is designed to acquaint students with the principles underlying the relationships between structure and properties for a range of engineering materials. Students will wrestle with the issues of selecting fit for purpose materials for a range of engineering applications, and will evaluate their choices in the light of their understanding of the structure of the materials chosen.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate the structures and properties of a range of engineering metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers and elastomers, and typical processing methods.
2.
Evaluate the suitability of composite materials for specified engineering applications
3.
Evaluate the suitability of a selection of new materials for specified engineering applications
4.
Critically assess the suitability of a range of materials for specified engineering applications and make valid choices based on evaluation of the available evidence.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Underpinning knowledge of atomic structure, orbitals and bonding types.
Knowledge of material properties relating to metals, polymers and ceramics.
Relationship between material properties and their structures.
Structures, properties, processing and applications of:
Application of the knowledge gained critically to evaluate the suitability of materials for specific real-world engineering applications. These applications will be broad enough that there will be more than one suitable material and students will be expected to make recommendations based on multiple and protentially conflicting factors.
Underpinning knowledge of atomic structure, orbitals and bonding types.
Knowledge of material properties relating to metals, polymers and ceramics.
Relationship between material properties and their structures.
Structures, properties, processing and applications of:
- Metals
- Ceramics
- Polymers
- Elastomers
- Composites
- New materials
Application of the knowledge gained critically to evaluate the suitability of materials for specific real-world engineering applications. These applications will be broad enough that there will be more than one suitable material and students will be expected to make recommendations based on multiple and protentially conflicting factors.