Philosophy of Materials Selection for Design:
- Philosophy of Materials Selection for Design.
- Cost of ownership, and the materials properties that define this.
- The main aspects of processing of metallic alloys used in transport applications.
- Materials selection for minimum cost, minimum weight, and minimum energy consumption.
- Material lifecycle including production, manufacturing waste and recycling.
-Materials, sustainability and the environment.
Ferrous alloys for transport applications
- The relations between microstructure and properties of metallic alloys, and especially the micromechanisms of strengthening and deformation.
- Cast iron metallurgy and case studies in transport
- High strength steel and case studies in transport
Light Alloys for transport applications
- Aluminium alloys and strengthening theory.
- Metal Matrix Composites.
- Automotive and Aerospace Al alloys.
- Magnesium, production, metallurgy and use.
- Light weight transport case studies.
Titanium alloys:
- Titanium alloys.
- Alpha, beta and alpha + beta alloys.
- Ti alloy processing.
- Ti alloys for turbine engines.
Nickel based superalloys:
- Ni superalloy metallurgy.
- Ni superalloys for turbine engines.
- Coating systems for Ni turbine blades.
Ceramics, intermetallics, hybrid materials, structural glasses.
Revision lectures.