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MSE course syllabi
Materials Science and Engineering 601
Materials Selection and Performance II
Catalog Data:
Integration of structure, properties, processing, and performance principles to formulate and implement solutions to materials engineering problems. Sp Qtr. Required.
Prerequisites:
MSE 600 or Permission of Instructor; Course not open to students who have completed MSE 685.
Time Distribution:
Three 48-minute duration lectures per week; 3 Credit hours.
Objectives:
To provide the student insights and understanding of the engineering factors to be considered in selecting and justifying materials for new or replacement applications and to provide familiarity with methods of failure analysis. To create an awareness of many other factors that enter into engineering decisions, including cost, patents and other intellectual properties, ethics and non-IP legal considerations. Meet ABET Criterion 3 outcomes a-k.
Textbooks:
M. F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
Supporting Computer Program: Cambridge Engineering Selector Version 3.2 Available in Region 6 Computing Facility.
References: Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000, G. E. Dieter.
ASM Handbook, Volume 20: Materials Selection and Design, ASM International, 1997.
Selection and Use of Engineering Materials, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., 1989, J. A. Charles and F.A.A. Crane.
Invention by Design, Harvard University Press, 1997, H. Petroski
Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, Fourth Edition, John Wiley, 1996, R. W. Hertzberg
Topics/Content:
Course Mechanics and Objectives, Team Formation |
Standards & Specifications/Codes |
Information Sources incl. Cambridge Engineering Selector |
Reliability of Materials Data Selection |
Role of Processing on Materials Properties |
Cost Data & Analyses |
Quality Tools |
Materials Performance Indices |
Failure Analyses and the Use of Fracture Mechanics |
Modeling/Proof Testing |
Failure Analyses – Methodology & Techniques Pt 1 |
Failure Analyses – Methodology & Techniques Pt 2 |
Failure Analyses – Case History Examples #1 |
Failure Analyses - Case History Examples #2 |
Statistics in Materials Performance and Failure |
Ethics/Legal Considerations |
Patents |
Product Liability & the Role of Experts |
Manufacturability & Prototyping |
Case History/Project Reports |
Computer usage:
Cambridge Engineering Selector 4.1 and associated databases and materials selection tools.
Grading Plan:
All activities except mid-term exam will be done in teams of 4 students; teams will get one grade.
Two mid-term exams (better score counts) (30%)
Two materials selection/failure analyses case history reports (prepared by teams). (15% each)
Two in-class team oral presentations of materials selection/failure analyses case histories (20 minute duration). (15% each )
Oral presentations of the case histories will be evaluated by the class participants.
Completed oral presentation evaluations (1% each)
Professional Component Content:
Engineering Design: 3.0 credits or100%.
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
