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Materials Science and Engineering 205

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

 

Catalog Data: 

Structure, processing, properties, and applications of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials.  Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtr. 3 1-hr lectures, 1-1hr recitation. Required.

Prerequisites:

Math 141 or 151 or 161; Physics 131; Chem 121 or Chem H201

Time and Place: 

3-48 minute lectures per week
1-48 minute recitation per week (optional)

Objectives: 

Apply knowledge of math, elementary physics, and introductory chemistry to understand structures, processing methods, and resulting properties of engineering materials.
ABET Criteria:  3 (a, e, h, j, k)

Textbook: 

W.D. Callister, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering:  An Introduction (6th ed), Wiley and Sons, 2003.
Student Learning Resources CD-ROM

Topics: 

See detailed list appended.

Grading Plan: 

25% weekly quizzes (based on homework), 50% midterms (2), 25% final (1).

Laboratory Projects:

None

Professional Component Content:

Engineering Science: 2.5 credits or 83%
Engineering Design: 0.5 credits or 17%

Design Component Content:

In lectures and in assigned homework, students learn how to (1) determine thermal and mechanical processing that achieve particular structures and properties, (2) determine needed material properties to meet an engineering requirement, and (3) select materials that meet or exceed required properties.

Relation to Program Objectives:

1. This course applies basic science and engineering concepts to materials engineering and therefore is integral to Program Objective #1.

2. This course provides examples of the relationship between microstructure, properties and processing of materials  and therefore is integral to Program Objective #2 and 4.

Lecture Topics

Each bulleted item comprises approximately one lecture

• General Intro.duction.
• Types of atomic bonding and the relation to properties.
• Comparison of densities of material
• Engineering stress and engineering strain; stress-strain testing, linear elastic moduli.
• Plastic (permanent) deformation, yield strength, tensile strength, ductility, toughness, hardness, hardening, design/safety factors.
• Dislocations and strengthening; plastic strengthening due to grain size reduction and alloying. 
• Plastic strengthening due to precipitation and due to work hardening. estimate of %cold work on yield strength, tensile strength, and ductility. Recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth due to heating after cold work.
• Ductile vs brittle failure and case examples; features of fracture surfaces.
• Role of flaws, stress concentration factors, fracture toughness; estimates of critical stress (load) for fracture.  Effect of loading rate and temperature.
• Fatigue and fatigue design parameters; improving fatigue life; creep and creep failure.
• Phase diagrams.  Solubility limit, components and phases, estimates of number and types of phases, phase composition, and weight fraction of phases.
• Cooling in a Cu-Ni binary; mechanical properties versus composition and structure.
• Eutectic systems; eutectoid systems (steel).
• Phase transformations and kinetics.  TTT diagrams for eutectoid steels. tempering martensite; processing options for steels.
• Taxonomy of metals; precipitation hardening; metal fabrication methods. Bonding in ceramic materials; predicting the structure of ceramics with ionic bonding; defects in ceramics; methods to measure elastic moduli, strength, and elevated temperature response.
• Applications and processing of ceramics; ceramic fabrication methods; glass structure, properties, and heat treatment.
• Polymer microstructure, molecular weight and crystallinity; tensile response of thermosets, thermoplastics, and elastomers; predeformation by drawing; time-dependent deformation. 
• Composite materials and classifications; estimates of elastic moduli and strength; benefits of composites such as specific properties.
• The cost of corrosion, standard EMF tests, galvanic series, forms of corrosion; controlling corrosion.
• Electrical conduction; comparison of conductivities; insulators, semiconductors, and metals; estimating conductivity versus composition in an alloy; conductivity versus temperature in a metal versus a semiconductor; doping.
• Heat capacity, thermal expansion coefficient, and thermal conductivity of materials; thermal stress; thermal shock resistance. 
• Response of a material to an applied magnetic field; types of magnetism; magnetic susceptibility; permanent magnets; magnetic storage.
• Light interaction with solids; absorption, transmission, and reflection in metals and nonmetals; color of nonmetals; applications to luminescence, photoconductivity, solar cells, fiber optics.
• Price and availability of materials; relative cost of materials; optimization for stiff/light and strong/light members in tension, tornsion, and bending. Stiff/cheap and stong/cheap members.
• Material property database (on CD-ROM); use in materials selection.

Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct may be found in any action that tends to distort the accurate assessment of any student’s individual accomplishments that are evaluated for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit. Note that a student may be guilty of academic misconduct, for example, by cheating, collaborating, plagiarizing, or by allowing another student to cheat, collaborate, or plagiarize. Note also that the distortion applies, for example, to exams, homework assignments, and laboratory work. To the extent that any class activity (for example: attendance or participation) is used for evaluation for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit, falsifying or distorting such activity, or permitting another student to falsify or distort such activity, represents academic misconduct.

Additional guidance about what represents academic integrity and misconduct, and related university-wide policies and procedures are available at the following locations:

http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/faq.html

http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/ten-suggestions.html

Course-specific exceptions or amplifications to the departmental and university statements outlined above will be provided by the faculty instructor in writing, preferably as part of the course syllabus.

Note: Students should not request nor accept guidance on these matters from a teaching assistant, fellow student, or anyone other than the faculty instructor of record for this course.

Disabilities Statement

Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the Office for Disability Services at 614-292-3307 in room 150 Pomerene Hall to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. (URL: http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/)

Advice on such matters is also available from the MSE department’s undergraduate adviser (1xx-6xx courses) and graduate coordinator (7xx-9xx courses) whose offices may be found in room 477 Watts Hall.

Megan Daniels, Undergraduate Advisor, (614) 292-3145, e-mail Megan concerning the MSE undergrad studies

Mark Cooper, Graduate Studies Coordinator, (614) 292-7280, e-mail Mark concerning the MSE graduate studies