Lectures in course MSE-234: Mechanical behaviour of materials

Materials Testing: Basics and Measurement Errors

Introduces material classes, measurement errors, laboratory practices, and group work dynamics.

Composite Materials: Fundamentals and Applications

Explores the fundamentals of composite materials, including behavior, properties, and failure mechanisms.

Aluminum Alloys: Mechanical Properties and Microstructure

Explores the mechanical properties and microstructure of aluminum alloys, focusing on the Al-Mg system and the effects of dislocations, grain size, and heat treatment.

Metals and Alloys: Properties and Applications

Explores the properties, extraction, and applications of metals and alloys, including historical evolution and recycling rates.

Glass Materials: Processing and Properties

Explores glass fabrication, thermal stresses in ceramics, and ion exchange for glass strengthening.

Mechanical Tests: Yield Surface and Necking

Explores the yield surface concept, necking phenomenon in metallic materials, and stress-strain curve implications.

Mechanical Behavior of Composites: Interfaces and Porous Materials

Explores the mechanical behavior of composites, emphasizing interfaces and porous materials in composite structures.

Mechanical Tests: Creep and Fracture Mechanics

Explores creep tests, deformation, and fracture mechanics in mechanical tests.

Composite Materials: Toughness and Fracture Mechanisms

Delves into the toughness and fracture mechanisms of composite materials, emphasizing fiber orientation and porosity effects.

Deformation and Creep in Materials

Explores deformation, creep, material properties, mechanical tests, ceramics, polymers, metals, and atomic bonds.

Steel Heat Treatment: Transformation Diagrams

Covers the transformation diagrams of steel and the effects of alloying elements on the transformation process.

Clay Minerals: Formation and Properties

Explores the chemical formulas and properties of clay minerals, the shaping techniques of clay, and the manufacturing process of glasses.

Aluminium-Copper System

Explores the aluminium-copper system, extraction processes, energy aspects, and 3D printing, including the Al-Cu system, phase diagrams, and the law of the lever.

Al & Cu Alloys: Phase Diagrams and Solidification Phenomena

Explores the phase diagrams and solidification phenomena of Al-Cu alloys, including dendritic and eutectic structures.

Ceramics: Thermal Stresses and Mechanical Resistance

Explores thermal stresses and mechanical resistance of ceramics, including the impact of temperature changes and the formation of cracks.

Aluminum-Silicon Alloys: Solidification and Microstructure

Delves into the solidification process and microstructure of aluminum-silicon alloys, discussing the formation of shrinkage voids and methods to improve mechanical properties.

Statistical Mechanical Resistance: Ceramics

Covers statistical mechanical resistance in ceramics, including Weibull statistic and stable cracking behavior in compression.

Ceramics: Slow Cracking and Corrosion

Explores slow cracking, corrosion in ceramics, sabering champagne bottles, and material fracture mechanics.

Carbon Steels: Properties and Applications

Explores the properties and applications of carbon steels, including grain refinement mechanisms and the transition from ductile to brittle behavior.

Polymer Science: Fundamentals and Applications

Covers the fundamental concepts of polymer science, including the birth and production of polymers and the influence of molecular characteristics on polymer properties.