MET 378E - Non-Ferrous Engineering Materials

Course Objectives

Knowledge on the fundamentals of mathematics, science and engineering; the combination of theoretical knowledge and practice in this areas and engineering solutions.Fundamentals on mathematics, science and related engineering subjects; definition and description of engineering problems, formulation and solving; design of experiments, conducting, data collection, analysis and discussion

Course Description

Primary and secondary aluminum production, alloys, classification, forming methods, casting, forging, extrusion, semisolid, heat treatment, physical properties, material selection, design, quality control, recycling of aluminum. Solidification, homogeneous-heterogeneous nucleation, growth in pure metals and alloys, cellular and dendritic growth, equilibrium and non-equilibrium solidification, constitutional undercooling, eutectic, peritectic, monotectic solidification, Chvorinov rule, fluidity, shrinkage, porosity, feeding criteria and mechanisms, feeder calculation, mould design and casting rules.