Department of Materials Science &
Engineering
Module Description 2012/13
Module Code: MAT472
Module Title: Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing
Module Convenor: Professor I Todd
Module Links:
Credits: 10
Semester: 1
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Brief Description (including aims of the course):
This course focuses on advanced materials, their manufacture and their joining for
functional and structural applications. You will gain an overview of the state-of-theart of advanced processing methods which are currently under development to
achieve enhanced materials and components performance in aircraft and space
vehicles and structures. Principals involved in the design and development of novel
metallic materials will also be discussed. You will gain an understanding of the wide
range of factors that need to be considered in the design and processing of a
number of contrasting classes of metallic materials for use in advanced engineering
application. The course takes the form of a number of case studies and examines the
rationale and driving forces behind the development of novel metallic materials and
processing routes.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
•Identify the driving forces behind the development of advanced materials and
appreciate how the development of novel materials often stimulates advances in
already established engineering materials;
•Develop an appreciate of the benefits afforded by a number of novel material
classes and also understand the difficulties involved in their manufacture and
application;
•Demonstrate an understanding of the methods of non-equilibrium processing;
•Demonstrate knowledge of how non-equilibrium microstructure can be used to
enhance properties;
•Display an appreciation of advanced methods for forming metals into a complex
shape;
•Demonstrate awareness of the metallurgical requirements for joining advanced
metallic materials.
Assessment:
Exam: 100%
Booklist (A) Core Test; (B) Secondary Text; (C) Peripheral Reading:
The course is based on a set of notes produced by the lecturer: There are no
textbooks wholly suited to the course. The following are all therefore secondary texts
offering support on materials concepts central to the course:
B) Pilling, J. and Ridley, N., “Superplasticity in Crystalline Solids”, The Institute of
Materials, 1989.
(B) Nieh, T.G. et al, “Superplasticity in Metals and Ceramics”, Cambridge University
Press, 1997.
(B) Lu, L. and Lai, M.O., “Mechanical Alloying”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
(B) Suryanarayana, C., “Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials”, Pergamon, 1999.
(B) Jones, H., “Rapid Solidification of Metals and Alloys”, The Institution of
Metallurgists, 1982.
(B) Martin, J.W. et al., “Stability of Microstructure in Metallic Systems”, Cambridge
University Press, 1997.
(B) Ashby, M.F. et al., “Metal Foams: A Design Guide”, Butterworth Heinemann,
2000.
(B) Steen, W.M., “Laser Material Processing”, Springer-Verlag, 1991.
(B) Pawlowski L., “The Science and Engineering of Thermal Spray Coatings”, Wiley,
New York, 1995.