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Construction Materials

(course inactive since 02.09.2021)

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Construction Materials
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004
Module code: MAB-3.8
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
1SU+1U (2 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
2
Semester: 3
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
60-minute written exam at the end of semester

[updated 12.09.2004]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAB-3.8 Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004 , semester 3, mandatory course, course inactive since 02.09.2021
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 60 hours (equivalent to 2 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 37.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
MAB-1.4 Materials Science I with Lab Exercises
MAB-2.2 Materials Science II with Lab Exercises


[updated 02.09.2021]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Walter Calles
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Walter Calles

[updated 18.06.2004]
Learning outcomes:
After acquiring knowledge about the types, properties and means of modifying construction materials, students will learn to select suitable materials for particular applications. Students will learn to use the available reference sources to obtain and verify missing information.

[updated 12.09.2004]
Module content:
- Application and properties of different types of steel (construction steels, heat-treatable steels, fine-grain construction steels, tool steels, high-temperature and stainless steels, deep-drawing steels, DP ,CP and TRIP steels, toughened steels)
- Use of cast iron materials (cast steel, lamellar, spherulitic and vermicular-graphite cast iron)
- Surface hardening (quench hardening, case hardening: carburizing, nitriding, boronizing) and wear resistance
- Aluminium materials (grading, heat treatment, properties, production process modifications, cast aluminium materials, special processes)
- Titanium materials
- Copper and anti-friction materials
- Ceramic materials (silicon nitride, silicon carbide, carbon materials)
- Plastics and polymers and their applications
- Systematic selection of materials and acquiring information on materials

[updated 12.09.2004]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture notes with exercises and problems: Calles, Degand, Kiefer
Exercises and problems

[updated 12.09.2004]
Recommended or required reading:
Bargel/Schulze, Werkstoffe, Springer-Verlag
Bergmann, Werkstofftechnik, Teil 1, Grundlagen, Hanser
Bergmann, Werkstofftechnik, Teil 2, Anwendung, Hanser
Schatt, Werkstoffe des Maschinen-, Anlagen- und Apparatebaus, Wiley-VCH

[updated 12.09.2004]
 
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