Materials Selection (5 cr)
Code: 5031128-3008
General information
- Enrollment
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01.05.2025 - 20.10.2025
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
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20.10.2025 - 14.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Teachers
- Hannu Parkkamäki
- Course
- 5031128
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After a completed course the student
- can specify product requirements and the principles of materials selection
- can establish alternatives for the material of a product and produce strength calculations
- knows the strength properties of metal materials and the technical requirements for manufacturing
- can compare the use of steel and aluminium alloys by calculation
- knows commonly used plastic materials and some of the physical and technical properties thereof
in the development of a plastic product or in designing a plastic component, is capable of take into account the properties of plastic materials and the manufacturing techniques required.
Content
- materials property profiles and requirement profile for product
- high-strength steels
- aluminium alloys and their use
- lightening of a structure
- properties and testing standards for plastic materials
exploitation of plastics.