Prof. Riccardo Gerosa

Argomenti del programma: Produzione dell’acciaio Il processo da minerale e da rottame. L’affinazione dell’acciaio. Colata continua e colata in lingotto. La solidificazione degli acciai. Le inclusioni non metalliche Aspetti metallurgici della deformazione plastica Comportamento meccanico dei materiali durante la deformazione plastica. I fenomeni dell’incrudimento, del recovery e della ricristallizzazione. Mappe di processo.

• Askeland, The Science and Engineering of Materials
• Callister, Materials Science and Engineering
• Jenkins, Materials in Sports Equipment, CRC

Argomenti del programma: Materials behaviour and sustainability Stress and strain relationships: elasticity, plasticity, strain hardening, visco-elasticity Failure modes: brittleness, ductility, fatigue Experimental tests for the determination of the mechanical and the corrosion resistance LCA of metals, polymers and composites High performance metallic materials High strength and stainless Steels and heat treatments Aluminum alloys…

Argomenti del programma: Analysis and prevention of service damages Fundamentals of failure analysis Experimental techniques to study the failure of materials Macro and microscopic aspects of brittle, ductile, fatigue, wear and creep failures. Embrittlement phenomena Materials behavior during the plastic deformation Mechanical behavior of materials during forming Static and dynamic recovery and recrystallization. Processing maps.

• D.R. Askeland, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Chapman and Hall
• William D. Callister,Jr, Materials Science and Engineering - An introduction, Wiley
• Slides about the course topics - BEEP

Argomenti del programma: Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys primary production Iron ore and scrap-based processes. Secondary steelmaking. Continuous casting and mold casting. Solidification theory. Non-metallic inclusions. Main aspects of Aluminum and Titanium production Materials for engineering applications Materials for structural and engineering applications Stainless steels, tool steels Aluminum alloys LCA of metallic and non-metallic…