Course Overview
This compulsory foundational course introduces the core principles behind solidification and casting, plastic processing and forming, solid-state phase transformations, and heat treatment of metals. It links microstructural evolution, shape formation, processing conditions, and industrial practice.
Course Positioning
This compulsory foundational course introduces the core principles behind solidification and casting, plastic processing and forming, solid-state phase transformations, and heat treatment of metals. It links microstructural evolution, shape formation, processing conditions, and industrial practice.
English Overview
Designed for undergraduate students in Materials Science and Engineering, the course helps students interpret processing routes through the lens of microstructure, properties, and manufacturability.
Processing Routes
The course organizes metal processing into three connected routes: liquid-state solidification, plastic forming, and heat treatment with solid-state transformations.
Liquid Route
From nucleation, growth, and solute redistribution to cast microstructure control, this route explains how metals enter engineering components from the liquid state.
Plastic Route
Dislocation motion, stress-strain response, work hardening, and forming windows connect mechanical response to manufacturing processes.
Thermal Route
Diffusion, transformation kinetics, martensitic transformations, and heat-treatment paths determine final microstructures and properties.
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