MCEN30017 Mechanics and Materials

Part 3: Materials

Lecture 1

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

MCEN30017 Mechanics and Materials (Part 3: Materials)

Professor Graham Schaffer

graham.schaffer@unimelb.edu.au
Room E304
MCEN30017 Mechanics and Materials (Part 3: Materials)

Professor Graham Schaffer

MCEN30017 Mechanics and Materials (Part 3: Materials)

Professor Graham Schaffer

graham.schaffer@unimelb.edu.au
Room E304

15 Lectures
5 Tutorials (Start this week)
2 Laboratory Sessions (Prac 1 runs 7 – 16 May; Prac 2 runs 7 – 25 May)

Assessment: Laboratory = 2 x 7.5% = 15%. Exam = 30%

 MCEN30017 – Mechanics and Materials
Semester 1, 2017

Materials Textbook
W.D. Callister and D.G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering, 9th Edition, Wiley, 2014
(Notes: Earlier editions are not too different. This is a general materials text and can serve as a useful
reference for this and other materials subjects.)

Strongly recommend additional text book

M.F. Ashby and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1, 4th Edition, Elsevier, 2012
(Notes: Earlier editions are not too different. This book is particularly relevant to this subject.)

General Introductions to Materials Science and Engineering

J. E. Gordon, The new science of strong materials or Why you don't fall through the floor, Princeton
University Press, 2006.

M. Miodownik, Stuff Matters, Penguin Books, 2014

The materials component – an introduction to the (mechanical) properties of (metallic) materials.

Lecture 1: Materials science and engineering – an introduction

Lecture 2: Applications and processing of metals
Lecture 3: The structure of metals (i) – bonding, crystals and grains
Lecture 4: Elastic deformation and the elastic modulus
Lecture 5: The structure of metals (ii) – defects and dislocations
Lecture 6: Yield strength, tensile strength and ductility
Lecture 7: Strengthening methods in metals
Lecture 8: Stiffness- and strength-limited design
Lecture 9: Fast fracture and toughness
Lecture 10: Fatigue failure
Lecture 11: Thermal properties of materials
Lecture 12: Diffusion and the mechanism of creep
Lecture 13: Oxidation, corrosion and wear
Lecture 14: Ceramics, polymers and composites
Lecture 15: Metals research and metal futures
Performance What is the component expected to do? Under
what conditions will it operate?

Properties What properties must the material(s) have?

Price What does it cost - both for the raw material, its
processing/fabrication, and recycling – the life cycle
cost? What will the customer pay?
 PROPERTIES of MATERIALS
• STIFFNESS
• STRENGTH
• PLASTICITY/FORMABILITY
• RESISTANCE to FRACTURE
• WEAR RESISTANCE
• DENSITY
• MAGNETIC
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
•THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
•THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT
• MELTING POINT
• CORROSION RESISTANCE
• BIOCOMPATIBILITY
• APPEARANCE
• AVAILABILITY
• COST
On 21 July 1991, the tanker Kirki lost its bow off the coast of Western Australia (WA).
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Senator Bob Collins: Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support
On a sheet of paper, anonymously answer one or more of the
following questions about today’s lecture:

1. What was the main point?

2. What was the most confusing point?

3. What is your most pressing question?