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Materials Science and Engineering 600

Materials Selection and Performance I

 

Catalog Data:

Materials Selection and Performance I U G 3. Integration of structure, properties, processing, and performance principles to formulate and implement solutions to materials engineering problems.Wi Qtr. Required.

Prerequisites:

Senior standing in the MSE Department, or permission of the instructor.

Time Distribution:

3-48 minute lectures per week.

Objectives:

To give students a systematic methodology for selecting materials and processes as the foundation for designing with materials, and to provide structured case studies in which this methodology is used. Meet ABET Criterion 3 outcomes a-k.

Textbooks:

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 3rd Ed., M.F. Ashby, Butterworth-Heineman, New York (2005).

Other Essential Resources:

Cambridge Engineering Selector Software, v. 4.x, (located on ER6 computers).

Granta Design, Ltd. website: http://www.grantadesign.com/

CES In Depth, an online book accessible through CES 4.x.

Topics/Content:

  • Materials in design
  • The evolution of engineering materials
  • The design process
  • Types of design
  • Design tools and materials data
  • Function, material, shape and process
  • Classes of engineering materials
  • Definition of materials properties
  • Displaying material properties using materials selection charts
  • Deriving property limits and material indicies
  • Structural indices
  • Selection of material and shape
  • Shape factors
  • Efficiency of standard sections
  • Material limits for shape factors
  • Material indices which include shape
  • The microscopic or microstructural shape factor
  • Co-selecting material and shape
  • Multiple constraints and compound objectives
  • Materials selection by successive
  • Application of property limits and indices
  • The method of weight factors
  • Methods employing fuzzy logic
  • Systematic methods for multiple constraints
  • Compound objectives, exchange constants and value functions
  • Materials processing and design processes and their influence on design
  • Process attributes
  • Systematic process selection
  • Process selection diagrams
  • Process cost
  • Forces for change in materials selection and design
  • Materials and the environment
  • Natural materials

Computer usage:

Cambridge Engineering Selector 4.x and associated databases and materials selection tools

Grading Plan:

Mid term exam: 35%

Final exam (and/or project): 25%

Homework and projects: 40%

Professional Component Content:

Engineering Design: 3.0 credits or 100%.

Design Component Content:

This course is fully devoted to core topics central in materials design.

Relation to Program Objectives:

  1. Students will learn the breadth of engineering materials, their properties and means for processing them (Objective 1).
  2. Students will learn a software-based methodology for selecting materials, shapes and processes to meet application needs (Objective 2).
  3. Students will examine methodologies for coping with constrains and conflicting objectives in materials design (Objective 4).
  4. This course prepares students for graduate research and employment in the area of materials and engineering design (Objective 5).

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