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COURSE PRO FORMA

IMPORTANT:
Contents of this Pro Forma shall not be changed without the Senate’s approval for items indicated with *. Changes to the
other items can be approved at the Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre level.

Academy/Faculty/Institute/Centre Engineering

Department Mechanical Engineering
Programme Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing)

Course Code* KCEC 3106
Course Title* Principles of Metal Forming

Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Minimum Require- None
ment(s)
Student Learning Time (SLT)* 120
Credit* 3

Course Learning Outcomes* At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Explain the use of the yield criteria, plastic instability, strain hardening
and strain-rate hardening in metal forming theories and applications.
2. Grade the metals according to their plastic behaviour and its implica-
tions on formability of real processes.
3. Justify the action of tools and dies in sheet and bulk forming operations
using ideal work and slab method.
4. Integrate the effect of process parameters and deformation zone ge-
ometry on defects, forming loads and product quality.
Transferable Skills None

Synopsis of Course Contents Plasticity and Yield Criteria, Work Hardening and Plastic Instability, Strain
Rate and Temperature, Ideal Work and Slab Analysis of Bulk Deformation
Processes, Sheet Metal Forming Processes, Forming Tools and
Dies ,internal and external process parameters, Forming loads, Defects,
Plastic Anisotropy, Forming Limit Diagrams

Learning Strategies (lecture, tutorial, work- Lecture, AL, CL
shop, discussion, etc)
Assessment Weightage* Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%

Discussions in class
Methodologies for Feedback on Perfor- Returning graded assignments and tests
mance Final grades are announced

Refer to the University of Malaya (First Degree) Rules 2013 and the Uni-
versity of Malaya (First Degree) Regulations 2013.
Criteria in Summative Assessment

UM-PT01-PK03-BR003(BI)-S04