Physics of Metals

Course Information
TitleΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΩΝ / Physics of Metals
CodeΣΥΕ201
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorThomas Kehagias
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID40003042

Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA SPOUDŌN 2022

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses745

Class Information
Academic Year2019 – 2020
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600150594
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The aim of this course is to provide a first encounter to Materials Science and especially to present the principles of the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of matter using metallic materials as a model.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Metallic bond. Crystal lattices and structural defects in metallic materials. Diffusion mechanisms in solids. The Kirkendal phenomenon. Fick’s laws of diffusion. Stress. Strain. Elasticity and Hooke’s law. Isotropic elastic behavior. Elasticity modulus. Elastic strain energy. Atomic bond and anisotropic elastic behavior. Generalized Hooke’s law. Stress-strain curves. Ductile and brittle metals. The structural defects as carriers of plasticity. Plastic deformation of single crystalline and polycrystalline metals. Resolved shear stress and yield criteria. Hardening mechanisms. Plastic and brittle fracture. Toughness. Hardness. Creep. Fatigue. Thermodynamic equilibrium. Ideal and active solid solutions. Free energy of a two components system. Phase diagrams. Thermal analysis. Lever rule. Eutectic and peritectic reactions. The Fe-C system. Problems.
Educational Material Types
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1173.9
Exams30.1
Total1204
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1) MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, AN INTRODUCTION (Translated in Greek), William D. Callister JR, , Tziolas (ed.), 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece 2) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF METALLIC MATERIALS, J. Chrysoulakis, D. Pantelis, Papasotiriou (ed.), 1996, Athens, Greece
Last Update
29-06-2016