Engineering4 minMaterial Properties and Engineering vs True Stress & StrainAn introduction to material properties, how to perform a tensile test, engineering and true stress and strain, poisson's ratio and hardening
Engineering4 minHardness, Toughness, Creep & FatigueBrinell and VIckers hardness, investigating toughness, the charpy impact test, creep resistance, creep curves, creep law, fatigue cracks.
Engineering4 minBondingIonic, covalent, metallic & van der Waals bonds, including molecular, macromolecular & hydrogen bonding, interatomic forces & bond energies.
Engineering3 minCrystal StructuresThe Hard Sphere Model, packing in 2 & 3 dimensions, Simple cubic, BCC, FCC, HCP lattices and atomic density.
Engineering3 minDefects & Deformation of Crystal StructuresSlip & slip systems in HCP, FCC BCC lattices, point, line & area defects, edge & screw dislocations, grain boundaries & strengthening.
Engineering5 minNon-Ferrous Alloys & StrengtheningTypes of alloying, complete & partial solid solutions, equilibrium phase diagrams, eutectic point, solid solution & precipitation hardening.
Engineering5 minFerrous Alloys & StrengtheningSteels, cast iron, ferrite, austenite, cementinte, pearlite, bainite, normalising, quenching, tempering, tempered martensite, eutectoid.
Engineering2 minCeramicsCrystal structure and properties of ceramics, degree of ionic character, bending tests, manufacturing ceramics, pressing and sintering.
Engineering5 minPolymersPolymer structure, thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, tensile & temperature dependent properties of polymers, plastic creep & failure.
Engineering3 minCompositesComposite structure & types, critical fibre length, fibre volume fraction, isostrain/isostress, metal matrix, ceramic matrix, polymer matrix