ME 2733 Chapter : Chapter 1 Lecture Slides
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You will learn about: material structure, how structure dictates properties, how processing can change structure. This course will help you to: use materials properly, realize new design opportunities with materials. Required text: wileyplus for materials science and engineering: an introduction, Rethwisch, 8th edition, john wiley and sons, inc. (2010). Text website: http://www. wiley. com/college/callister: vmse for 3d visualization and manipulation of atomic structures, mechanical engineering and biomaterials online support modules, case studies of materials usage, extended learning objectives, self-assessment exercises. Student companion site: users can manipulate molecules and crystals to better visualize atomic structures, unit cells such as bcc, fcc, hcp, crystallographic planes, directions, and defects, polymer repeat units and molecules, diffusion computations. Chapter 1 - introduction: what is materials science, why should we know about it, materials drive our society. Example hip implant: with age or certain illnesses joints deteriorate. Particularly those with large loads (such as hip). Polymers: commodity plastics large volume ca.
