Unit name | Applied Materials Physics |
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Unit code | PHYSM0045 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Lilly Liu |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
120 credits at Level I/5 in single or joint honors physics. It would be best if students had attended PHYS30025 Materials Physics; but if not, the basic deformation and fracture knowledge required will be covered in the first two lectures. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physics |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This is a 4th year undergraduate Physics course. This course is named "Practical Materials Physics" as it introduces the practical knowledge of how materials deform and fracture with the aim of passing the essence of Materials Mechanics to Physics students to solve problems encountered in common industrial structural materials.
This course will introduce the deformation and fracture behavior in materials for structural applications, including metals, ceramics, polymers and bio-materials such as bone and teeth. We will start from learning how materials deform elastically and plastically from simple continuum mechanics viewpoints, linear-elastic and nonlinear-elastic fracture mechanics. This is followed by a section answering the question why practical materials tend to fail at lower stress compared with their theoretical values. We will then introduce, in detail, how to describe this type of failure in materials by assuming idealized cracks (size and location), the commonly known toughening mechanism and by the end of the course, you will be able to evaluate materials failure from their fracture surface and help to design materials with higher fracture toughness.
The course objectives are as follows:
18 lectures (1 hour per lecture).
Formative feedback is provided through 3 x 1-hour problems classes.
70 per cent written report and 30 per cent screen cast.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment
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assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
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