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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 Faculty of Engineering

Department Mechanical Engineering
Programme Bachelor of Materials Engineering
Course Code* KMEB 4346

Course Title* Aerospace Materials
Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Minimum Require- None
ment(s)
Student Learning Time (SLT)* 120

Credit* 3
Course Learning Outcomes* By end of this course, student are able to:
1. Relate properties of aerospace materials with stresses acting on air-
craft during flight.
2. Compute fluid (air) pressure difference and hence lift on craft by using
Bernoulli’s equation.
3. Identify aircraft components; stresses during flight.
4. Select aerospace materials for various parts of aircraft.
5. Explain and use of aluminium and titanium alloys by heat treatment.
6. Control microstructure of aerospace aluminium alloy by heat treatment.
7. Apply knowledge of materials science & engineering to the fabrication
of aircraft, including riveting.
8. Select composite materials for various parts of aircraft.
9. Design the limited level of alloys.
10. Apply knowledge of creep deformations at high temperature level.
11. Relate gas-turbine design with super alloy material design.
Transferable Skills None

Synopsis of Course Contents Theory of flight; calculation of forces; aircraft components and stresses
during flight; materials and material requirements for aerospace structures
and engines; aerospace materials selection; fabrication of aircraft structure;
polymers and composite materials; alloys for aerospace applications; gas
turbine engine design; nature, production and applications of superalloys;
turbine blade materials engineering, turbine-blade material requirements;
aerospace materials testing, production and processing; fracture, fatigue
and corrosion of aerospace materials.
Learning Strategies (lecture, tutorial, work- Lectures, Tutorials, AL & CL
shop, discussion, etc)
Assessment Weightage* Continuous Assessment: 60%
Final Examination:40%

Methodologies for Feedback on Perfor- 1. Continuous assessment before the final examination.
mance 2. Grades for final exam.

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

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