Lecture Notes

Note: The new version of lecture notes (starting from Week 8) are not sufficient by themselves, without attending the lecture and filling in the gaps as well as gathering the appropriate notes.

Starting from Wk.8, lecture notes will be to help you gather better notes from the class.

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Week Topics  Reading
1 Introduction   /     Bonding in Mater. Review 1-16,   20-53
2 Introduction to Crystallography 59-64                         Updated  9/7/2001
3 Crystal Structure–Metals & Ceramics 64-87                         Updated  9/19/2001
4 Lattice Geometry- Identification  87-109                       Ver.  1.0  9/21/2001
5 Defects 115-136, 157-180       Updated   9/26/2001
6 Diffusion   157-180                    Updated  10/03/2001
7 Phase Diagrams 304-321, 331-348       Updated  10/10/2001
8 Kinetics/Phase Transformation 354-389                     Update.  1.0  10/18/2001 

Thursday eve. (Just to help you acquiring better notes) 

9 Mechanical Properties- Metals Relevant sections of Ch6.  Ver. 1.0 10/22/2001
10 Mechanical Properties-Failure analysis Relevant sections of Ch6. & 8  Ver. 1.0 11/2/2001
11-1 Mechanical Properties-Failure analysis week 10-2  week 10-2  Monday 11/5/01 
11-2 Mechanical Properties-Failure analysis week 10-3  week 10-3  Wednesday 11/7/01 
12-2 EXAM-2 Wednesday 11/14/01
13-1 Mechanical Properties - Ceramics week 13-1   week13-1   Monday        11/26/01
13-2 Mechanical Properties - Polymers week 13-2   week13-2   Wednesday        11/28/01
14-1 Composites                                 week 14-1  week14-1   Monday          12/3/01
14-3A MATERIALS CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT CENTURY week14-3A   Thursday          12/6/01
14-3B Materials Selection 
15 Review  
Final Exam             Wednesday, Dec 19

                              9:45 to 11:45 a.m.

  Rm: Carver 001 
 
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 © 2001, Ashraf F. Bastawros (revised  22 Aug. 2001)