Materials for Extreme Environments

lmapr2672  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Materials for Extreme Environments
5.00 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
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This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2024-2025
Teacher(s)
Erauw Jean-Pierre; Jacques Pascal;
Language
English
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Main themes
Metallic and ceramic powders: production and characterization; shaping of the semi-finished green product ; sintering process ;properties of sintered products.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Within the engineering degree program in chemistry and materials science, the course involves simultaneously four axes covering both disciplinary and transversal learning outcomes. At the end of the course, students will be able to :
(Learning Outcome 1.1)
  • Explain the physical and physico-chemical phenomena underlying the processes of shaping of massive bodies from metal or ceramics powders via dry, wet, or plastic methods.
  • Describe the interactions between the critical parameters for the manufacturing of a homogeneous, high density green part
  • Describe the driving forces and mechanisms of material transport that govern the different stages of sintering of an aggregate of solid particles
  • Describe the influence of residual porosity on the mechanical behavior of sintered materials
  • Describe and classify the different surface treatment processes.
(L.O. 1.2 and 3.2)
  • By reclaiming the achievements of the bachelor program in mathematical concepts and in the use of computational tools, develop a mathematical model to simulate a physical phenomenon
(L.O. 3.1)
  • Draw a state of the art in a specific technological domain based on a set of technical and scientific references
(L.O. 4.2)
  • Conduct a project group
(L.O. 5.3)
  • Present and defend an oral report effectively and critically
 
Teaching methods
The course consists of a dozen of lectures and a dozen of exercise sessions or small projects. These ones are related to the concept considered during the lectures.
Evaluation methods
Students are assessed individually in writing and orally. The exam questions are formulated to verify the acquired disciplinary learning outcomes mentioned above. The exam focuses on the response to questions relating to the understanding of the theory.
The achievement of transversal learning outcomes is evaluated via an oral assessment on the project. Each student orally presents the work of the group. The content of the project is summarized in a report and is discussed.
Depending on the evolutionof the sanitary situation, the organisation of the exam could be modified (online exam, ...).
Faculty or entity
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Chemical and Materials Engineering
KIMA2M
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