Course Contents In this course an unorthodox approach to materials will be presented.
Rather than memorising known routes to reach certain materials properties, the students will be trained to translate these desired
properties into material structures and microstructures and to design suitable material production processes to realise these
properties.
The concept of reverse material engineering for metals, polymers and inorganic materials will be demonstrated in a series of
lectures.
The course is divided in 6 lectures (with a possible 7th lecture). The first lectures cover basic design rules of different material
classes and their behaviour. The last three lectures cover material behavior at high temperatures, impact of material degradation
on properties and strategies to extend material durability:
-polymers
-metals
-ceramics and 'smart' materials
-materials at high temperatures
-materials and damage
-materials and lifetime
The students will need to deliver a report (assignment). For this they will get a set of questions they need to solve by reading the
existing literature.
Study Goals The objective of the course is to train the student in reverse material engineering. This skill enables students to initiate and guide
new material developments to meet future targets in the industry.
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
- explain structure and property (inter)relationships of metals, polymers and ceramics
- explain the functionalities of aerospace relevant material properties
- breakdown and translate these functionalities into material structures and microstructures using reverse engineering
methodologies
- explain material behaviour and function loss and strategies to decrease the impact of damage in the material function
- give examples of new material concepts and explain the underlying concepts.
