GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SOLIDIFICATION IN METALS AND ALLOYS/MEM-356
Course Title: SOLIDIFICATION IN METALS AND ALLOYS
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Course Semester 6 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students who take this course; To have basic knowledge about the solidification principles of metals and alloys.
Has basic knowledge about casting and solidification design and analysis in metal casting design.
Can establish a relationship between macro and microstructure and mechanical properties.
Can relate between process-structure-property.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Equilibrium, Driving force for solidification, Undercooling, Cooling curves.
2. Week  Nucleation in solidification, Homogeneous nucleation, Homogeneous nucleation rate.
3. Week  Heterogeneous nucleation Heterogeneous nucleation rate, Problems for Homogeneous nucleation and Heterogeneous
4. Week  Growth of pure metals, Solid-liquid interfaces, smooth surface, rough surface
5. Week  Continous growth processes, Lateral growth processes, Surface nucleation, Spiral growth, Growth from Twin İntersections
6. Week  Temperature distribution at solid-liquid interface, Positive temperature gradient, Negative temperature gradient, Interfaces in positive temperature Interfaces in negative temperature
7. Week  Midterm exam
8. Week  Heat flow and interface stability,
9. Week  Solidification of alloys, Solidification of single-phase alloys, Equilibrium solidification.
10. Week  No diffusion in solid, perfect mixing in liquid, No diffusion in solid, diffusional mixing in liquid
11. Week  Cellular solidification Dendritic solidification Eutectic solidification Growth of lamellar eutectics
12. Week  Off-Eutectic alloys, Peritectic solidification.
13. Week  Solidification of ingots and castings, Ingot structure Chill Zone, Columnar zone, Equiaxed zone.
14. Week  Solidification defects, Shrinkage defects, Gas defects, Hot tearing defetcs, Segregation in castings
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
60
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
1
14
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Material Design and Implementation
14
0
0
 Report Preparing
14
0
0
 Preparing a Presentation
14
0
0
 Presentation
14
0
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
7
1
7
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
7
1
7
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
84
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.36
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Professional and ethical responsibility gains knowledge.X
2Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
3The project-based work culture adopts workplace practices, awareness of employees health, environment and work safety; To train graduates with an awareness of the legal consequences of their engineering practices.X
4Ability to select and use the techniques and modern tools necessary for engineering applications and computer software, information and communication technologies.X
5To be aware of the problems of the age and awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation.X
6Knowledge of the necessity of using information resources and lifelong learning, including developments in science and technology.X
7The breadth of education required to understand the effects of engineering solutions on universal and social dimensions.
8Ability to communicate effectively with oral and written and technical drawings in Turkish and English.
9Professional and ethical responsibility.X
10Defining and formulating engineering problems, and selecting and applying appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques for this purpose.X
11Ability to work in their own discipline and in multi-disciplinary teams.X
12The ability to design a system, part, or process that meets the desired requirements by considering realistic constraints and conditions.X
13Ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the results of experiments.X
14Knowledge of mathematics, science and own branches and having sufficient knowledge in engineering subjects and knowledge of application skills.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Kadir KOCATEPE)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/kadirk)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (kadirk@gazi.edu.tr)