Metallurgy for Engineers

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course discusses the structure-property relationships in metallic alloys. The alloys were selected to illustrate the common set of principles governing the structure and properties of many different types of materials and their use in alloy design. It concentrates on microstructural changes that takes place during heat treatment and their influence on the mechanical properties of the materials. Also considers the different mechanisms of strain hardening such as: grain size, interstitial and substitutional solutes, precipitates, second-phase particles, and eutectoids. Examples from advanced structural alloys are given.