ME2518 - Materials and Manufacturing Processes
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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Common Engineering Materials: Properties of materials; nature of metal and alloys; equilibrium diagrams and the iron-carbon system; ferrous metals and alloys; nonferrous metals and alloys; heat treatment; non metallic materials: plastics, elastomer, ceramics and composites; materials selection.Measurement and Quality Assurance: principles of basic measurement and gauging; sources of error; surface roughness measurement; analysis of tolerances.Manufacturing Processes: casting processes; forming processes; materials removal processes; joining processes; CAD/CAM.
Learning Outcomes
- common machining and welding techniques and associated measurement methods;
- introduce students to the processes for manufacturing common engineering materials, and the properties which result.
| Prerequisites: | EG1001 |
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| Census Date 31-Aug-2005 | |
| Coordinator: | jc146723 |
| Lecturers: | jc122217, jc146723. |
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| Assessment: | (50% - 70%); (30% - 50%). |
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