Unit Code: MEA306(PME-L3)

Unit Name: Applied Materials

Description: The purpose of this unit is to enable the development of the elementary safety, knowledge and skills required for using and understanding the application of materials in engineering. This course focuses on the application of materials on the concept of material structures, Classification, properties, material testing, hot working process, cold working processes and heat treatment processes. All topics are illustrated through theoretical and laboratory exercises. The course will cover the following areas: The safe handling of materials, Iron Carbide, Cementite, Perlite, polymers and ceramic materials, mechanical and physical properties, ferrous and nonferrous materials, pure and alloy, thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics, Plastomers, Tensile testing, Brinell hardness testing, Fatigue test, torsion test, Hardness test, monomer, co-polymer, microstructure and glass transition temperatures.

Learning Target Outcomes: As a result of successfully completing this module, the student will be able to: 1. Explain how iron and steel are produced. 2. Identify and classify engineering materials into various grades of steels, such as ferrous and non-ferrous, metals, non-metals and also identify and explain the mechanisms of various types of corrosion and methods of surface protection of steels. 3. Explain the principles of basic manufacturing processes of steels. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of materials used in standard industrial processes and practice by performing visual and simple tests, knowledge of the characteristics of common materials and identify the properties related to their use, materials and combinations of materials for specific tasks and state reasons for selection, knowledge of testing different engineering materials and finally knowledge of heat treatment processes.

Prerequisite: MER

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 5

Offered In: Quarter 1