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UES 012 Engineering Materials

Materials Properties and Materials Selection

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What exactly we do in Materials Science/Engineering?
Material Tetrahedron

These are all interconnected and ultimately affect the performance-to-cost ratio
of a material or a device.
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Materials Design approach

Processing/ Structure or
Composition microstructure
Properties Performance

The principal goals of a materials scientist and engineer are to


(1) make existing materials better &
(2) invent or discover new phenomena, materials, devices, and applications.
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Thermal Protection System
Re-entry T
Distribution
Space Shuttle Orbiter

reinf C-C silica tiles nylon felt, silicon rubber


(1650ºC) (400-1260ºC) coating (400ºC)

(400-1260ºC):
• Silica tiles
-- large scale application -- microstructure:
~90% porosity!
Si fibers
bonded to one
another during
heat treatment.
100 mm

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Can you identify these materials Materials?

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Al hes
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Sa am all
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me ic
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Different processing and structure gave different optical properties

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Selection of Materials

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