ME2518 - Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Mechanical Engineering

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

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coord/Lect:	Dr Ling Yin.
Contact hours:	65 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practicals, site visits and/or seminars. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.