COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOLIDIFICATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DÖK 4215 SOLIDIFICATION ELECTIVE 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Foundry

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR GÖZDE NURÇIN TANDIRCIOĞLU

Offered to

Foundry
Foundry

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach effects of the control of solidification mechanism to the molding production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to define the basic principles of solidification
2   Be able to explain the properties of the products that gained with molding
3   Be able to use the basic principles of sustaining and gating design for producing the faultless molding pieces.
4   Be able to select the relevant molding method for a spesific piece.
5   Be able to verify the implemented molding method

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The liquid and solid concepts. The technological importance of solidification
2 Homogeneous nucleation and supercooling.
3 Homogeneous nucleation
4 The effect of nucleation and growth during the transformation of liquid to the solid phase.
5 Structural excessive cooling. Solidification of alloys. Eutectic or peritectic solidification
6 Structural excessive cooling. Solidification of alloys. Eutectic or peritectic solidification
7 Mid-term exam
8 Classification of alloys according to the solidification range and the range of solidification: The centre line resistance
9 The real piece of casting solidification and formation of macrostructure
10 Solidification rate and heat transfer in solidification
11 Solidification rate and heat transfer in solidification
12 Pulling
13 Vertical gas intake runners. The fluidity of liquid metal. Hot laceration and other molding defects.
14 Sand mold casting, and various casting methods
15 Sand mold casting, and various casting methods

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Döküm Teknoloji, Prof.Dr.Ahmet ARAN, Istanbul 2007
2. Döküm Teknolojisi, Prof.Dr.Ergin ÇAVUŞOĞLU,1992
3. Solidification Processing, M.C. Flemings
4. Science and Engineering of Castings and Solidification, D. M. Stefanescu.
5. Solidification of Metals, G. J. Davies.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Learning
2.Question - Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The mid - term and final exams will be evaluated in terms of five learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % percent of participation the the course is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232. 3012622; gozde.tandircioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The appropriate office hours will be announced to the students at the beginning of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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