COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MMM 4043 MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESRA DOKUMACI ALKAN

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

The course aims to give the technology and processes to prepare industrial alloys, and detailed knowledge of the solidification process in order to obtain alloy microstructures and resultant mechanical properties to obtain usable products.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the equipment and their properties to be used for melting
2   To know the interactions between the molten alloy, slug and environment
3   know the factors affecting nucleation and growth during solidification
4   To understand and predict the solidified microstructure dependent on the solidification parameters
5   To be able to solve problems related to shrinkage and feeding
6   To design the solidification proces in order to obtain a cast product with desired microstructure and properties

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The furnaces used for metal melting, energy sources
2 Melting iron based alloys, oxidation, deoxidation and alloying
3 Cast Iron melting, charge calculations, alloying and additions
4 Melting non ferrous alloys, alloying and elimination of dissolved gas
5 Interactions between molten alloy, slug and melting environment
6 Introduction to solidification
7 The stages of solidification
8 Homogeneous nucleation
9 Heterogeneous nucleation, the growth
10 Solidification of a pure metal, cellular growth
11 Freezing of alloys, thermal and constitutional undercooling
12 Solidified microstructures observed in practice
13 Solidified microstructures observed in practice
14 Improving microstrure and properties of solidified microstructures by controlling cooling parameters and inoculation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Foundry Technology, by P. BEELEY, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Döküm ve Katılaştırma, MC FLEMINGS, Çeviren:M BAŞARAN,ITÜ Matbaası, 1976

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, exemplary problem solutions, and homework assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1*0.175+MTE2 *0.175+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1*0.175+MTE2 *0.175+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exams and final exams related to learning outcomes are given as usual closed book and closed note written exams. Homework results will also be included in the term time assessment.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam results and homework grades will make up term time grade, which will be added to the contribution of the final exam result to determine the course grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students must attend the lecture periods (minimum attendance requirement is 70%). The use of MP3 player, cell phone and ear phones are not allowed during class and during exams. The programmable high memory calculators should not be used during exams.
Homework must be handed in on the due date. Any copying evidence in homework and exams will result in a grade of zero, and lead to disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof Dr Kazım ÖNEL
Oda No:289
Tel:17456
e-posta:kazim.onel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 13 00to 16 30 hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.144
LO.23333
LO.33
LO.433
LO.5343
LO.654

CONTACT INFORMATION
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