Materials Selection and Manufacturing Processes

Course Description

Materials and Design. Materials classification. Design types. Design parameters. Material performance. Cost versus value. The material selection process. Methods of Materials Selection – Selection based on technical analysis, correlation and analogy. Classification based on performance indices. Multiple targets and constraints. Environmental materials selection. Materials selection databases.

Introduction to industrial manufacturing processes. Shaping (casting, molding, deformation, machining), joining-welding and surface treatment processes. Processes for powders and composites. Process and shape. Process quantitative properties. Process selection. Analysis of manufacturing cost.

Course Info

Group:  Compulsory

Semester:  Second Semester

Hours / Week:   2

ECTS Units:  3

Instructors:  G. Dimitrakopulos