13.3 Course Descriptions

Course requirements for the Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. programs in Engineering Materials will be selected from the courses listed below and related courses in other programs. A student's course program will be formulated in consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee for Engineering Materials and requires approval of the research advisor and Chair of the Program Graduate Committee.

All courses listed will not necessarily be offered in any given year.

89-501. Advanced Crystallography
Application of X-ray diffraction principles to the study of materials, application of Fourier series, single crystal techniques, studies of preferred orientation, imperfections. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-502. Transformations in Metals
Phenomenological treatment of transformation processes; diffusion controlled and diffusionless (martensitic) transformations; application of thermodynamic and phenomenological rate laws to transformations: nucleation, recrystallization, precipitation, spinoidal decomposition, ordering, eutectoid decomposition, etc. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-504. Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes
Fluctuation theory and Onsager's reciprocal relations, phenomenological treatment of irreversible processes, entropy production rate and conjugation of fluxes and forces, coupling of irreversible processes and Curie's symmetry principles, linear transformation of fluxes and forces, stationary states of various orders and minimum entropy production rate, determination of phenomenological relations and coefficients for various processes; chemical and thermal diffusion, chemical reactions, heat and electrical conduction, thermoelectric phenomena, etc. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-505. Strengthening Methods in Crystals
Dislocation-particle interactions, strengthening by dislocation substructures, particle and fiber reinforcement, strong microstructures from the melt, strong microstructures from the solid. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-506. Microscopy of Materials
The theoretical and technical aspects of the study of microstructure and composition of materials, optical microscopy, electron microscopy (scanning and transmission) including electron diffraction and image analysis principles, electron microanalysis, x-ray topography, field-ion microscopy, relationship of observed microstructures to the macroscopic properties of materials. (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

89-507. Fracture Mechanics
The fracture mechanics approach to design; physical significance of fracture toughness; measurement of fracture mechanics parameters; non-destructive inspection techniques; principles of fracture-safe design; the relation between the microscopic and macroscopic aspects of plane-strain fracture; fracture of specific metallic and nonmetallic materials. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-508. Radiation Damage in Metals
Theory of radiation-induced defect production; observation of defect production by energetic particle bombardment; defect annealing processes; radiation-enhanced diffusion; defect clustering and void formation; simulation experiments in HVEM; irradiation strengthening, embrittlement, growth and creep. (3 lecture hours a week.)

89-509. Configuration and Properties of Materials
Anisotropic crystals-elasticity, dielectricity, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, thermoelastic effects, ferroelectricity, sonicwave propagation; amorphous solids-structure, stability, magnetic properties, mechanical properties; mixtures-local atomic arrangements, order-disorder transformations.

89-590. Special Topics in Materials
Selected advanced topics in the fields of engineered materials and materials engineering. (3 lecture hours a week.)

Current topics include:

Creep of Metals and Alloys
Microscopy of Materials II
Electron Theory of Metals
Wear of Materials
Composite Materials
Fatigue of Metals and Alloys
Advanced Thermodynamics of Alloys
Transport Processes in Metallurgical Systems
Metal Casting Technology
Polymers
Ceramics
Introduction to the Finite Element Analysis
Welding

89-797. Thesis

89-798. Dissertation