ME2518:03
Materials and Manufacturing Processes
Townsville
Prerequisites: CS1001 or EG1001
39 lectures, 26 tutorials, 13 hours practicals. First semester.
Available to mechanical and civil engineering students.
Strengthening mechanisms; strain hardening, grain boundary strengthening. Phase diagrams. Alloying. Iron carbon equilibrium diagram. Heat treatment. Cast irons. Non-ferrous metals and alloys of engineering importance. Introduction to plastics, elastomer and ceramics.
Casting processes. Cold working and hot working of metals.
Machining. CAD/CAM. Welding.
Metrology. Principles of basic measurement and gauging, sources of error, surface roughness measurement. Analysis of tolerances.
Learning Objectives:
- introduce students to the processes for manufacturing common engineering materials, and the properties which result;
- common machining and welding techniques and associated measurement methods.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).