Materials Selection and Functional Surfaces

• Understand the importance of selection of appropriate materials for design and construction.
• Develop the skills to select appropriate materials in engineering design on the basis of various functional properties, objectives, and constraints.
• Apply this knowledge in materials selection to improve durability, decrease energy consumption, and be economical and eco-friendly when designing.
• Analyse and evaluate the role of the design aspects such as engineering dimension, product use, environment, aesthetics and emotion in the selection of materials.
• Evaluate the structure, properties, processing and performance of various materials in order to choose optimum materials within realistic constraints for various cases.
• Understand the basics of different surface treatment techniques and coatings, and describe the potetial and areas of usage of these.
• Apply surface engineering knowledge in material selection to improve the efficiency and lifetime of components.

The course addresses various factors that influence material selection in production, distribution, consumption and recycling. Various engineering materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites are described. A description of materials properties with respect to engineering design is included and material property charts such as strength vs density are introduced. The materials and process selection with case studies are explained. Furthermore, tools are described for environmental audit for materials manufacturing, usage and recycling with an assessment of the environmental impact of products through the application of life cycle analysis.

Fundamentals of surface treatments and coatings of conventional and new techniques are described. Conventional and new technologies for surface coatings such as electron beam technology, laser technology, ion implantation, CVD and PVD techniques are explained.

The Swedish grades U, 3, 4, 5.

Project work U G

To receive a passing grade in the course, students must pass all components. The written examination determines the final grade of the course.