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Jan Ivens [email protected]

Jan Ivens Jan.ivens@kuleuven

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Study contract

17-11-2014 2

• 3 credits • Evaluation:

o Oral exam o Presentation o Executive summary report o Active contribution in seminars

• Compulsory reading o Ashby: Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 4th edition o Ashby: Materials and the Environment

• Additional literature o Jones & Ashby: Engineering Materials Volume 2, Second Edition o Budinski & Budinski: Engineering Materials, Properties, and Selection,

9th edition

Learning outcomes

17-11-2014 3

Knowledge of: Most important materials and manufacturing techniques, used in

automotive and aerospace industry Plastic deformation of metals Properties and mechanics of composites Ability to • Select a material and process for a transport application • Understand how composites work • Analyse and synthetise an English paper on materials research • Present an English paper on materials research in transport

applications

Plasticity and forming processes

Metals

• Fracture toughness • Fatigue • Corrosion

In-service behaviour of metals

Mechanics of composites

micromechanics

macromechanics

mesomechanics

Manufacturing of composite materials

RTM . Perf

orm

ance

Autoclave

Filament winding

pultrusion

Hand lay-up Spray-up

RRIM Injection molding

thermoforming

Compression molding

In-service behaviour of composites

• Fracture toughness • Environmental effects • Impact • Fatigue