Module Descriptors
ENGINEERED MATERIALS
MECH50259
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Barnes
Email: P.Barnes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
End examination 2 hours weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcome 1.
Written assignment with group and individual components weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcomes 2 and 3.
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures (2 hours per week)
Practical laboratory work and problem classes (1 hour per week)
Computer based material selection exercises
Student centred learning
Module Texts
Materials Science and Engineering, an Introduction, 6th Edition, D Callister, John Wiley, 2002, ISBN: 047122471-5
Materials Selection and Mechanical Design, 2nd Edition, M F Ashby, Butterworth & Heinmann, 2001, ISBN: 0750643579
Module Special Admissions Requirements
CE00433-1 Mechanical Principles or equivalent
Module Resources
Materials Testing Facilities - Mechanical Testers, Impact, Hardness, Metallographic Microscope, Materials Selection Software, CES.
Module Indicative Content
Materials Performance
- Young's modulus, yield stress, hardness, thermal mass, expansivity, conductivity
- Applications examples
Materials failure
- Fracture, fatigue, creep, thermal shock
Materials classes
- Monoliths, composites and coatings
Materials optimisation
- Heat treatment, microstructural engineering
Materials selection
- Strategies, tools and case studies