Organisation

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Organisation

• Lecturer Dr. K. Xia
• Office E312
• Tel [phone]
• k.xia_at_unimelb.edu.au
• Lectures 11
• Tutorials 6 sessions 2 tests
• Check Alloc8 to attend one of the sessions on
  Wednesday
• 11 am, Old Arts - Theatre C
• 12 pm, Old Arts - Theatre C
• 215 pm, Economics Commerce - Prest Theatre
• 315 pm, Old Arts - Theatre C
• (You need to attend one session each week
  starting week 4, Mar. 23, except for April 6)

• Assessment
• 1/3 of a 3 hour exam which accounts for 100 of
  this Part
• Textbook
• Materials Science and Engineering - An
  Introduction, 6th edition, 2003 by W. D.
  Callister, Jr.
• (You can also use 4th or 5th edition although the
  session numbers and problem numbers may be
  different)
• A companion CD-ROM available on request at
  reserve desk

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Organisation

• Additional teaching aids such as syllabus,
  lecture notes and tutorial questions available
  on-line from links _at_
• www.mame.mu.oz.au
• Reading as suggested is essential!!
• those listed in the syllabus are compulsory
  readings
• references at the end of each chapter may be
  useful
• additional materials may be recommended from time
  to time

• Question time
• 11-12 am, Fridays (any other time)
• Format of presentation
• For each topic, there are 3 levels of
  understanding
• phenomenon
• qualitative/graphical description
• equations
• quantitative description
• mechanisms
• micro-processes (what is happening behind scenes)

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Organisation

• Homework
• questions as suggested in the syllabus (highly
  recommended)
• some of them will be discussed at lectures or
  tutorials
• Tutorials
• questions will be posted on-line
• hard copies will be distributed at tutorials
• questions from textbook plus additional ones
• great time to ask your questions
• Tests
• two tests for you to measure your progress

• Teaching style
• Maximum student involvement
• questions at any time
• discussions encouraged
• suggestions welcome
• Simple lecture notes
• they are not sufficient
• reading absolutely essential
• reading beyond text encouraged
• Important points
• not everything is provided!!
• you need to go around to find information,
  solutions, tutors, lecturers,
• we can only help if you ask

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Objectives

• How much do you know about materials?
• For example
• what are metals, ceramics, polymers and
  composites?
• what are stiffness, strength, ductility and
  toughness?
• What are phases and phase transformation?
• Structure of the course
• unit 1 (1st year)
• basic structures of material
• mechanical behaviour
• unit 2 (1st semester 2nd year)
• mechanical behaviour
• phase equilibrium and transformation

• unit 3 (2nd semester 2nd year)
• metals
• ceramics
• polymers
• composites
• surface properties
• Objectives of this course
• understanding various materials properties and
  their relationships
• knowing limits and potential of various materials
• As a mechanical engineer
• to avoid misuse materials
• to make best use of materials
• to demand better materials