Materials for Digital Manufacturing

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The organization of the curricular unit is a function of the profile of the students who attend it, in each academic year, and must be determined according to the objectives defined by the teachers. This organization determines the weight of each components of the syllabus, in each academic year. The following complementary activities will be developed:

1- Participation in lectures.

2- Master classes.

3- Presentation and discussion of scientific articles/research topics by students.

Learning Outcomes

1. To understand the types of materials involved in direct digital manufacturing and the transformations involved in those processes.

2. To understand how the properties of the product produced are related to the material utilized.

3. To understand how the processing technology impacts on the properties of the final part and how this can be used to the advantage in direct digital manufacturing.

4. To develop an appreciation of the procedures required to select a material and processing technology for a particular application.

5. To develop an appreciation of the predictive modelling procedures available for different types of materials and their properties.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. An overview  of DDM technologies and the materials used.

2. The material transformations (i.e. crystallization, cross-linking, glass forming) which are exploited in DDM.

3. Properties of materials.

4. Sustainability and materials.

5. Recycling.

6. Predictive modelling and materials.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 100.0%

Bibliography

Para cada tópico abordado na unidade curricular será fornecida aos alunos uma lista actualizada de referências bibliográficas relevantes e adequadas ao perfil do aluno. | For each topic addressed in the course students will be provided with an updated list of adequate and relevant bibliographic references.

 

Geoffrey R.Mitchell, Nuno Alves and Artur Mateus “Direct Digital Manufacturing” Springer 2018.

Christopher Hall “Materials: A Very Short Introduction” OUP 2014.