Graduate

Credit Structure: (3-0)3  

Description :

Study of the mechanical, thermomechanical, physical and microstructural characterisation of materials. Materials systems include metals, ceramics, polymers, composites and surfaces and interfaces in these systems. Applications to mechanical property characterisation.  Fracture and fractography. Surfaces and interfaces. Dynamic mechanical analysis of polymeric materials. Optic and scanning electron microscopy. Polymer molecular structure determination and durability experiments.

Course Objectives :

The aim of this course is to provide the student a fundamental basis and hands-on experience in the operation and interpretation of some of the principal characterisation techniques in materials science. These include mechanical, physical and microstructural material characterisation methods.  The student will have sufficient familiarity that she/he can go on to more advanced work, as his/her needs and interests dictate during and after graduate study.

Prerequisites :

None

Textbook :

References :

1. Cahn, R. W., Haasen, P., Kramer, E.J., “Characterisation of Materials, Part I (Ed. by Lifshin, E.)”, Materials Science and Technology, volume 2A and 2B, VCH, 1992.  

2. Dieter, G. E., “Mechanical Metallurgy”, McGraw-Hill Series in Materials Science and Engineering, 1986.

3. Menard, K. P. “Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, A Practical Introduction”, 1990.

4. Carlsson, L. A., Pipes, R. B., “Experimental Characterisation of Advanced Composite Materials”,Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987. 

5. Kim, J.-K. and Mai, Y.-W., “Engineered interfaces in fiber reinforced composites”, Elsevier Publishing.

6. Stokes, R. J., and Evans, D. F., “Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering.

7. Ward, I. M., Hadley, D. W., “An Introduction to Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers, John Wiley and Sons., 1995.

Syllabus :

1. Introduction (1 week)

2. Tension, compression and flexural testing (1 weeks)

3. Hardness test and fatigue of materials  (1 week)

4. Fractography and fracture mechanisms (1 week) 

5. Experimental characterisation of composite materials (1 week)

6. Characterisation of surfaces and interfaces (1 week)

7. Dynamic mechanical analysis (1 week)

8. Optical Microscopy (1 week)

9. Scanning Electron Microscopy (1 week)

10. Polymer molecular structure determination (1 week)

11. Scanning Calorimetry (1 week)

12. Environmental aspects and durability experiments (1 week)

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:

Computer Usage:

None

Laboratory Work:

None

Instructor:

Asst. Prof. Dr. Metin Tanoğlu

Faculty of Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla 35430 IZMIR TURKEY

phone +90-232-750-7800   fax +90-232-750-7890