| CODE | MME5020 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Materials for the Maritime Environment | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Metallurgy and Materials Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit can be divided in four main parts namely: - Materials; - Joining; - Degradation & Surface engineering; - Failure Analysis. The materials section covers steels, aluminum alloys and composite materials, with an emphasis on the former and more specifically; hull structural steels, high strength,quenched and quenched and tempered steels for welded structures and steels for bulk carriers. Joining reviews the various welding procedures frequently used in shipbuilding, consumables, assessment of welds and difficulties frequently encountered. Degradation and Surface Engineering reviews the mechanisms of corrosion when in the presence of sea water and surface treatments, particularly paints. The relevant standards shall be reviewed. Failure of Materials discusses fracture and fatigue and non destructive testing techniques. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to give students within the marine sector a holistic even if not an indepth appreciation, of the relationship between application, material and welding process selected as well as problems encountered and methods of prevention. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - critically evaluate the suitability of material/processes for various marine applications; - deliberate on how materials normally used in the marine sector differ from materials for more general use; - discuss how different welding processes and their suitability for different applications even if within the same marine sector. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - prepare reports; - anticipate and prevent problems; - conduct literature search; - receive feedback; - demonstrate professionalism. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: - Materials Science and Engineering: An Intriduction, William D. Callister, David G. Rethwish, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 9th International Student Edition (11 July 2014), ISBN-13: 978-1118319222. Supplementary Reading: - Engineering Materials Properties and Selection, Kenneth G. Budinski & Michael k. Budinski, Pearson, 9th Edition (3 February 2009), ISBN-13: 978-0137128426. - Engineering Materials Technology, Structures, Processing, Properties & Selection, James A. Jacobs & Thomas F. Kildoff, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition (4 March, 2004), ISBN ISBN-13: 978- 0130481856. - Steels - Metallurgy & Applications, DT Llewellyn, Butterworth-Heinemann, 3rd Edition (24 Feb. 1998), ISBN-13: 978-0750637572. - Steels - Heat Treatment and Processing Principles, G Krauss, ASM International, (30 Jan. 2001), ISBN-13: 978-0871703705. - Light Alloys - Metallurgy of Light Alloys, I. Polmear, Butterworth-Heinemann, 3rd Edition (17 Sept. 1995), ISBN-13: 978-0340632079. - Materials Degradation and its Control by Surface Engineering, Andrew W. Batchelor, Nee Lam Loh, Margam Chandrasekaran, Imperial College Press, 3rd Edition (March 28, 2011) ISBN-13: 978-1848165014. - Welding and Fabrication, Larry Jeffus, Delmar Cengage Learning, 1st Edition (1 Feb. 2006), ISBN-13: 978-1418013745. - Welding, David J Hoffman, Kevin R. Dahle, David J Fisher, Pearson, 2nd Edition (5 Feb. 2016), ISBN-13: 978-0134016344. - Essentials of Welding, Raymond J Sacks, McGraw-Hill Inc., US (1 Dec. 1991), ISBN-13: 978-0026636209. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Grech |
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