Competence Goal

Students are able to specify the basics of materials science and engineering and can apply it to simple problems in various technical areas.As major part of the module, the students know the correlation between atomic structure and bonding of solids and the macroscopic properties such as mechanical behavior or electrical conductivity. They have basic knowledge with respect to materials characterization. The students are able to analyze phase diagrams with up to two components and can derive simple correlations among composition, processing, microstructure evolution and materials properties.

Learning Content

• Atomic structure and interatomic bonding
• Structure of crystalline solids
• Imperfections in solids
• Mechanical behaviour
• Physical properties
• SolidificationThermodynamics of heterogeneous systems
• Phase diagrams
• Ferrous alloys

Workload

The total workload for this course is approximately 75.0 hours.

Elective literature

• Werkstoffwissenschaften - Eigenschaften, Vorgänge, Technologien, B. Ilscher, Springer – Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, ISBN 3-540-10725-5
• Werkstoffwissenschaften, Schatt, Werner / Worch, Hartmut (Hrsg.) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, ISBN-10: 3-527-30535-1
• Metallkunde für das Maschinenwesen I/II, K.G. Schmitt-Thomas, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-51913-0
• Materials Science and Engineering – An Introduction, William D. Callister (Jr.), John Wiley & Son, ISBN-10: 978-0-471-73696-7.